diff --git a/Kafka/Kafka.php b/Kafka/Kafka.php
index 756a4a21..afb46cf3 100644
--- a/Kafka/Kafka.php
+++ b/Kafka/Kafka.php
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ class Kafka extends \Snowflake\Process\Process
 		$kafka = SConfig::get('kafka');
 		$conf->setRebalanceCb([$this, 'rebalanced_cb']);
 		$conf->set('group.id', uniqid('kafka'));
-		$conf->set('version', '2.6.0');
 
 		$conf->set('metadata.broker.list', '127.0.0.1:9092');
 		$conf->set('auto.offset.reset', 'earliest');