diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76b617f..70232ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         								</goals>
         							</pluginExecutionFilter>
         							<action>
-        								<ignore></ignore>
+        								<ignore/>
         							</action>
         						</pluginExecution>
         					</pluginExecutions>
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>