diff --git a/driver-kafka/pom.xml b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
index e26e5dd00..bf9ddcf14 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <version>2.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
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