diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9c781b..dd610c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <flink.version>1.12.0</flink.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.4.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.6.3</kafka.version>
         <avro.version>1.8.2</avro.version>
         <bijection.version>0.9.7</bijection.version>
         <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>