diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4cc43c9..d1ae7b71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <solr.version>8.3.0</solr.version>
         <spring-data-solr.version>4.0.3.RELEASE</spring-data-solr.version>
         <spring-kafka.version>2.1.4.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
-        <kafka.version>1.0.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.6.0</kafka.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.9.9</joda-time.version>
         <javax-el.version>3.0.1-b08</javax-el.version>
         <h2-mvstore.version>1.4.196</h2-mvstore.version>