diff --git a/kafka-client-avro/pom.xml b/kafka-client-avro/pom.xml
index b946bbe..a77df91 100644
--- a/kafka-client-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-client-avro/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
         <avro.version>1.9.2</avro.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.3.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.8.1.7.2.14.0-149</kafka.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <schema.registry.version>0.9.0</schema.registry.version>
         <monitoring.interceptors.version>2.1.0.7.1.1.0-565</monitoring.interceptors.version>