diff --git a/example/kafka/pom.xml b/example/kafka/pom.xml
index bd90d6f41a24..1f421180df42 100644
--- a/example/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/example/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_2.13</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.0</version>
+            <version>2.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.iotdb</groupId>