diff --git a/java/monasca-common-kafka/pom.xml b/java/monasca-common-kafka/pom.xml
index f6298e00..ac8239eb 100644
--- a/java/monasca-common-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/java/monasca-common-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kafka_2.9.2</artifactId>
-      <version>0.8.0</version>
+      <artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+      <version>0.8.2.2</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>