diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43b45dd..9760373 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ For further documentation, do refer [Alpakka Kafka official docs](https://doc.ak
 
 - **CLI/deps.edn dependency information**
 ```clojure
-net.clojars.fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka {:mvn/version "0.1.7"}
+net.clojars.fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka {:mvn/version "0.1.8"}
 ```
 
 - **Leningen/Boot**
 ```clojure
-[net.clojars.fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka "0.1.7"]
+[net.clojars.fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka "0.1.8"]
 ```
 
 - **Maven**
@@ -43,19 +43,19 @@ net.clojars.fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka {:mvn/version "0.1.7"}
 <dependency>
   <groupId>net.clojars.fr33m0nk</groupId>
   <artifactId>clj-alpakka-kafka</artifactId>
-  <version>0.1.7</version>
+  <version>0.1.8</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
 - **Gradle**
 ```groovy
-implementation("net.clojars.fr33m0nk:clj-alpakka-kafka:0.1.7")
+implementation("net.clojars.fr33m0nk:clj-alpakka-kafka:0.1.8")
 ```
 
 ### Additional dependencies:
 - Kafka Client ([any compatible version is fine](https://doc.akka.io/docs/alpakka-kafka/current/home.html))
 ```clojure
-org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients {:mvn/version "3.3.2"} 
+org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients {:mvn/version "3.6.1"} 
 ```
 - SLF4J implentation based logger 
   - Needed for Akka logging
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
index 04aeaca..3fb9b0f 100644
--- a/build.clj
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
             [deps-deploy.deps-deploy :as dd]))
 
 (def lib 'net.clojars.fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka)
-(def version "0.1.7")
+(def version "0.1.8")
 #_; alternatively, use MAJOR.MINOR.COMMITS:
         (def version (format "1.0.%s" (b/git-count-revs nil)))
 (def class-dir "target/classes")
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 878fab2..f82ab7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>net.clojars.fr33m0nk</groupId>
     <artifactId>clj-alpakka-kafka</artifactId>
-    <version>0.1.7</version>
+    <version>0.1.8</version>
     <name>clj-alpakka-kafka</name>
     <description>Clojure wrapper for Alpakka Kafka.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka</url>
@@ -22,14 +22,9 @@
         <url>https://github.com/fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/fr33m0nk/clj-alpakka-kafka.git</developerConnection>
-        <tag>v0.1.7</tag>
+        <tag>v0.1.8</tag>
     </scm>
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
-            <artifactId>clojure</artifactId>
-            <version>1.10.3</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
             <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>