diff --git a/logstash-kafka.gemspec b/logstash-kafka.gemspec
index 7c1e05dd..0ab62693 100644
--- a/logstash-kafka.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-kafka.gemspec
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.name	= "logstash-kafka"
   if RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java'
-    gem.add_runtime_dependency "jruby-kafka", [">=0.2.0"]                      #(Apache 2.0 license)
+    gem.add_runtime_dependency "jruby-kafka", [">=0.2.1"]                      #(Apache 2.0 license)
   end
 end