diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-pulsar/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-pulsar/pom.xml
index 31041fdfdcab..391559421015 100644
--- a/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-pulsar/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-pulsar/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <javax.servlet-api.version>3.1.0</javax.servlet-api.version>
     <javax.ws.rs-api.version>2.1</javax.ws.rs-api.version>
     <jersey-container-grizzly2-http.version>2.35</jersey-container-grizzly2-http.version>
-    <simpleclient_common.version>0.8.1</simpleclient_common.version>
+    <simpleclient_common.version>0.16.0</simpleclient_common.version>
     <grpc-proto.version>1.12.0</grpc-proto.version>
     <grpc-context.version>1.14.0</grpc-context.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.68</bouncycastle.version>