diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 97f6dfea6643dcb8f308d6e5852a3c97e53e7132..e16b1c80aaac52601b7e3c3dc14b5eae6529e0cc 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+      <groupId>com.sksamuel.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka_2.10</artifactId>
       <version>0.8.0-beta1</version>
       <exclusions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aee07c21389e1847ec924c8553e2633df12cfa04..58fc02e0298d9d265be79390ed17572250dd0157 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>