diff --git a/external/kafka/pom.xml b/external/kafka/pom.xml
index f1e8480701642..8e937e25a9f1c 100644
--- a/external/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/external/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>
-      <version>0.8.2-beta</version>
+      <version>0.8.2.0</version>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.sun.jmx</groupId>