diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 982ddc1..0ae2b7d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <scalatraSwagger.version>2.6.5</scalatraSwagger.version>
 
         <json4s.version>3.6.7</json4s.version>
-        <keycloack.version>20.0.5</keycloack.version>
+        <keycloack.version>21.1.2</keycloack.version>
         <ubirch-kafka-express.version>1.3.0-SNAPSHOT</ubirch-kafka-express.version>
         <!-- until kafka express uses a newer jackson library, it can't be updated -->
         <com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind.version>2.14.2</com.fasterxml.jackson.core.jackson-databind.version>