diff --git a/DomainJoined-Producer-Consumer/pom.xml b/DomainJoined-Producer-Consumer/pom.xml
index c425e1c..91ccb78 100644
--- a/DomainJoined-Producer-Consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/DomainJoined-Producer-Consumer/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
   <properties>
     <!-- This is the version in HDInsight 4.0 -->
-    <kafka.version>2.1.1</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>2.6.3</kafka.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <!-- Kafka client for producer/consumer operations -->