diff --git a/drkafka/pom.xml b/drkafka/pom.xml
index 9f2f560c..67d3cb50 100644
--- a/drkafka/pom.xml
+++ b/drkafka/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-			<version>23.0</version>
+			<version>27.0.1-jre</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>