diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a038169..fcc6d71 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
    <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2.0</version>
+        <version>2.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
 	    <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>