diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/kafka-clients-0.11.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/kafka-clients-0.11.gradle
index f53b6e0b5e8..38a37802982 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/kafka-clients-0.11.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-clients-0.11/kafka-clients-0.11.gradle
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ testSets {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compileOnly group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '0.11.0.0'
+  compileOnly group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '2.1.1'
 
-  testImplementation group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '0.11.0.0'
+  testImplementation group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '2.1.1'
   testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.kafka', name: 'spring-kafka', version: '1.3.3.RELEASE'
   testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.kafka', name: 'spring-kafka-test', version: '1.3.3.RELEASE'
   testImplementation group: 'javax.xml.bind', name: 'jaxb-api', version: '2.2.3'
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-streams-0.11/kafka-streams-0.11.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-streams-0.11/kafka-streams-0.11.gradle
index 2244c81482f..f1b67aeea9e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-streams-0.11/kafka-streams-0.11.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/kafka-streams-0.11/kafka-streams-0.11.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies {
 
   implementation project(':dd-java-agent:instrumentation:kafka-clients-0.11')
 
-  testImplementation group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '0.11.0.0'
+  testImplementation group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-clients', version: '2.1.1'
   testImplementation group: 'org.apache.kafka', name: 'kafka-streams', version: '0.11.0.0'
   testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.kafka', name: 'spring-kafka', version: '1.3.3.RELEASE'
   testImplementation group: 'org.springframework.kafka', name: 'spring-kafka-test', version: '1.3.3.RELEASE'