diff --git a/plugins/kafka-injector/pom.xml b/plugins/kafka-injector/pom.xml
index 97074db0b..d5e63f91f 100644
--- a/plugins/kafka-injector/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/kafka-injector/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>