diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 73b14ba..bd1b7c2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <cassandra.driver.version>4.6.1</cassandra.driver.version>
         <glassfish-json.version>1.1.4</glassfish-json.version>
         <json-api.version>1.1.4</json-api.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.5.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.6.0</kafka.version>
         <karaf.version>4.2.8</karaf.version>
         <kibana.version>3.1.1</kibana.version>
         <kibana4.version>4.1.2</kibana4.version>