diff --git a/flink-table-store-connector/pom.xml b/flink-table-store-connector/pom.xml
index 74cc9e3f666c..970d1c2ccc9e 100644
--- a/flink-table-store-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-table-store-connector/pom.xml
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ under the License.
             <!-- include 2.0 server for tests  -->
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>${kafka.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ under the License.
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>${kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 17186c788d22..21a38a1761a4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ under the License.
         <findbugs.version>1.3.9</findbugs.version>
         <json-smart.version>2.3.1</json-smart.version>
         <avro.version>1.11.1</avro.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.8.1</kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>