diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76b617f..947a4a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         								</goals>
         							</pluginExecutionFilter>
         							<action>
-        								<ignore></ignore>
+        								<ignore/>
         							</action>
         						</pluginExecution>
         					</pluginExecutions>
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>javax.jms</groupId>