diff --git a/python/requirements.txt b/python/requirements.txt
index 846b4a3..b7e6efd 100644
--- a/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/python/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 configparser==4.0.2
-confluent-kafka==1.1.0
+confluent-kafka==1.7.0