diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index bab34ce176..a35c5fb1b9 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ pyro4==4.35 # required by adodbapi
 httplib2==0.9
 
 # checks.d/kafka_consumer.py
-kafka-python==1.2.5
+kafka-python==1.3.1
 
 # checks.d/postgres.py
 pg8000==1.10.1