diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 968e39746..7200176f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>2.4.4.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>2.4.4.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-integration-kafka.version>3.2.1.RELEASE</spring-integration-kafka.version>
 		<kafka.version>2.4.0</kafka.version>
 		<spring-cloud-schema-registry.version>1.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-schema-registry.version>