diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 71f427a38..30a907acf 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>jline</groupId>
+					<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>