diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f3e06c..0f225b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>2.6.0</version>
+			<version>2.7.0.redhat-00002</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- logging -->