diff --git a/sample-application/pom.xml b/sample-application/pom.xml
index 6024fdd..5fad8b1 100644
--- a/sample-application/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-application/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
         <!-- Dependencies properties -->
-        <kafka.version>2.4.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.6.3</kafka.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <log4j.version>2.13.0</log4j.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.6.0</junit.jupiter.version>