diff --git a/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml b/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml
index 325669a4455ee..565ce24ff2a85 100644
--- a/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml
+++ b/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <version>1.1.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-java -->
     <dependency>