diff --git a/druid-lookups/pom.xml b/druid-lookups/pom.xml
index a236eeca7..270af5b76 100644
--- a/druid-lookups/pom.xml
+++ b/druid-lookups/pom.xml
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.1</version>
+            <version>2.7.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.rocksdb</groupId>