diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1289af..f5a41cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <project.build.resourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.resourceEncoding>
 
     <opentracing.version>0.33.0</opentracing.version>
-    <kafka.version>2.6.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>2.6.3</kafka.version>
     <spring.kafka.version>2.6.1</spring.kafka.version>
     <spring.version>5.2.7.RELEASE</spring.version>
     <coveralls-maven-plugin.version>4.3.0</coveralls-maven-plugin.version>