diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee325867..9a56e7f4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
   <groupId>kafka.vertx</groupId>
   <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.0</version>
+  <version>1.1.3</version>
 
   <properties>
-    <kafka.version>2.8.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>2.8.1</kafka.version>
     <vertx.version>4.1.5</vertx.version>
     <logback.version>1.2.6</logback.version>
     <jackson-databind.version>2.11.2</jackson-databind.version>