diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 29ee06a..d4eb273 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # For those usages not covered by the Apache License, Version 2.0 please
 # contact: prithiv.mohan@intel.com or adrian.hoban@intel.com
-aiokafka==0.4.*
+aiokafka==0.6.0
 requests==2.18.*
 python-keystoneclient==3.15.*
 six==1.11.*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 37a2566..3eeb9e5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     packages=[_name],
     package_dir={_name: _name},
     install_requires=[
-        "aiokafka==0.4.*",
+        "aiokafka==0.6.0",
         "requests==2.18.*",
         "python-keystoneclient==3.15.*",
         "six==1.11.*",