diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a530e4b0fe..a3357596ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
     <!-- Version used for internal directory structure -->
     <hive.version.short>2.3</hive.version.short>
     <!-- note that this should be compatible with Kafka brokers version 0.10 and up -->
-    <kafka.version>2.4.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>2.4.1</kafka.version>
     <derby.version>10.12.1.1</derby.version>
     <parquet.version>1.10.1</parquet.version>
     <orc.version>1.5.9</orc.version>