diff --git a/kafka-connector/pom.xml b/kafka-connector/pom.xml
index 2dbfeda0..8a1adaf7 100644
--- a/kafka-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-connector/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.0</version>
+      <version>2.6.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>