diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ae9fe13809..d35a25dde8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Log Compaction Feature Toggle
 
 ### Changed
-- Upgraded Kafka client to 1.1.0
+- Upgraded Kafka client to 1.1.1
 
 ## [2.8.0]
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 38089b0379..d03dc91c84 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'org.echocat.jomon:runtime:1.6.3'
 
     // kafka & zookeeper
-    compile 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:1.1.0'
-    compile('org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.12:1.1.0') {
+    compile 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:1.1.1'
+    compile('org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.12:1.1.1') {
         exclude module: "zookeeper"
     }
     compile("org.apache.curator:curator-recipes:$curatorVersion") {