diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 56b3e306ba..8ff3da58e6 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Kay-SR1</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
 		<spring-hateoas.version>0.24.0.RELEASE</spring-hateoas.version>
 		<spring-integration.version>5.0.0.RC1</spring-integration.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>2.1.0.RC1</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-ldap.version>2.3.2.RELEASE</spring-ldap.version>
 		<spring-plugin.version>1.2.0.RELEASE</spring-plugin.version>
 		<spring-restdocs.version>2.0.0.RC1</spring-restdocs.version>