diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6328e115..3cc92799 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ The recommended way to use the KCL for Java is to consume it from Maven.
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.8</version>
+      <version>2.5.1</version>
   </dependency>
   ```