diff --git a/contrib/pom.xml b/contrib/pom.xml
index 1eaaf3db..8e9ef36c 100644
--- a/contrib/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/pom.xml
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kafka_2.10</artifactId>
-			<version>0.9.0.0</version>
+			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+			<version>3.8.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.rethinkdb</groupId>