diff --git a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
index 3a010774..090f8850 100644
--- a/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/stream-applications-core/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         <spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-docs-plugin.version>1.0.0-M2</spring-cloud-dataflow-apps-docs-plugin.version>
         <java-cfenv-boot.version>2.1.2.RELEASE</java-cfenv-boot.version>
         <prometheus-rsocket.version>1.2.1</prometheus-rsocket.version>
+        <spring-kafka.version>2.5.8.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>
diff --git a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
index 795ae827..543b8fc8 100644
--- a/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
+++ b/stream-applications-build/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<disable.nohttp.checks>true</disable.nohttp.checks>
 		<spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>0.0.7</spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>
 		<spring-boot.version>2.3.6.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>2.5.8</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>2.5.8.RELEASE</spring-kafka.version>
 		<spring-rabbit.version>2.2.12.RELEASE</spring-rabbit.version>
 		<spring-cloud-function.version>3.0.11.RELEASE</spring-cloud-function.version>
 		<spring-integration-dependencies.version>5.3.4.RELEASE</spring-integration-dependencies.version>