diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eda59604e..87533f8b3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 	</parent>
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>2.1.5.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>2.1.7.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-integration-kafka.version>3.0.3.RELEASE</spring-integration-kafka.version>
-		<kafka.version>1.0.1</kafka.version>
+		<kafka.version>1.1.0</kafka.version>
 		<spring-cloud-stream.version>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</spring-cloud-stream.version>
 	</properties>
 	<modules>
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@
 				<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
 				<version>${kafka.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+				<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+				<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+				<classifier>test</classifier>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
@@ -101,6 +108,27 @@
 					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+				<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+				<classifier>test</classifier>
+				<scope>test</scope>
+				<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>jline</groupId>
+						<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+						<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+						<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
+			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
index db3eb8317..57ec30492 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/pom.xml
@@ -45,11 +45,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
-			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
-			<classifier>test</classifier>
-		</dependency>
 		<!-- Added back since Kafka still depends on it, but it has been removed by Boot due to EOL -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
@@ -62,5 +57,19 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- Following dependencies are needed to support Kafka 1.1.0 client-->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+			<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+			<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+			<classifier>test</classifier>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index afed5bd31..6fe82ddf0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,26 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- Following dependencies are needed to support Kafka 1.1.0 client-->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+			<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+			<classifier>test</classifier>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+			<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
+			<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+			<classifier>test</classifier>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
 </project>