diff --git a/bucket/kafka.json b/bucket/kafka.json
index 1052192f93..5913837156 100644
--- a/bucket/kafka.json
+++ b/bucket/kafka.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
-    "version": "2.5.0",
+    "version": "2.6.0",
     "description": "Apache Kafka. A distributed streaming platform.",
     "homepage": "https://kafka.apache.org/",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
-    "url": "https://www.apache.org/dist/kafka/2.5.0/kafka_2.12-2.5.0.tgz",
-    "hash": "sha1:27461898ecc3c7c442256552a9b162b69ec50433",
-    "extract_dir": "kafka_2.12-2.5.0",
+    "url": "https://www.apache.org/dist/kafka/2.6.0/kafka_2.12-2.6.0.tgz",
+    "hash": "sha1:c1af3460e6ee440356c70d904095ac8bea14f98f",
+    "extract_dir": "kafka_2.12-2.6.0",
     "bin": [
         "bin\\windows\\connect-distributed.bat",
         "bin\\windows\\connect-standalone.bat",