diff --git a/grabdish/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml b/grabdish/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml
index 0515216..7533008 100644
--- a/grabdish/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/grabdish/inventory-postgres-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.0</version>
+            <version>2.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>