diff --git a/java/http-endpoint-service/pom.xml b/java/http-endpoint-service/pom.xml
index 81c9eae..7ac5ea9 100644
--- a/java/http-endpoint-service/pom.xml
+++ b/java/http-endpoint-service/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <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>