diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8be5a1fe..ad9f74a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ This error occurs due to [a known issue](https://github.com/aws/aws-sdk-java-v2/
   <dependency>
       <groupId>software.amazon.kinesis</groupId>
       <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-client</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.1</version>
+      <version>2.7.0</version>
   </dependency>
   ```