diff --git a/java/mini-ct/pom.xml b/java/mini-ct/pom.xml
index 85b7504..c0b0205 100644
--- a/java/mini-ct/pom.xml
+++ b/java/mini-ct/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <version>2.6.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>