diff --git a/realtime/pom.xml b/realtime/pom.xml
index 330439bcb4a..9576b3206ba 100644
--- a/realtime/pom.xml
+++ b/realtime/pom.xml
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@
         <version>0.3.35-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
 
-    <properties>
-        <scala.version>2.8.2</scala.version>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.metamx.druid</groupId>
@@ -116,7 +112,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>core-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>0.6-mmx11</version>
+            <version>0.7.2-mmx1</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
@@ -124,16 +120,6 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-library</artifactId>
-            <version>${scala.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>
-            <artifactId>scala-compiler</artifactId>
-            <version>${scala.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.sgroschupf</groupId>
             <artifactId>zkclient</artifactId>
diff --git a/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/FirehoseFactory.java b/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/FirehoseFactory.java
index a3481f84ad8..4278f3222b9 100644
--- a/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/FirehoseFactory.java
+++ b/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/FirehoseFactory.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 @JsonTypeInfo(use = JsonTypeInfo.Id.NAME, property = "type")
 @JsonSubTypes({
-                  @JsonSubTypes.Type(name = "kafka-0.6.3", value = KafkaFirehoseFactory.class)
+                  @JsonSubTypes.Type(name = "kafka-0.7.2", value = KafkaFirehoseFactory.class)
               })
 public interface FirehoseFactory
 {
diff --git a/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/KafkaFirehoseFactory.java b/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/KafkaFirehoseFactory.java
index bb60c3e829b..b5beed9a92e 100644
--- a/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/KafkaFirehoseFactory.java
+++ b/realtime/src/main/java/com/metamx/druid/realtime/KafkaFirehoseFactory.java
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ import com.metamx.druid.indexer.data.StringInputRowParser;
 import com.metamx.druid.input.InputRow;
 import kafka.consumer.Consumer;
 import kafka.consumer.ConsumerConfig;
-import kafka.consumer.KafkaMessageStream;
+import kafka.consumer.KafkaStream;
 import kafka.javaapi.consumer.ConsumerConnector;
 import kafka.message.Message;
+import kafka.message.MessageAndMetadata;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.CharBuffer;
@@ -76,18 +77,18 @@ public class KafkaFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory
   {
     final ConsumerConnector connector = Consumer.createJavaConsumerConnector(new ConsumerConfig(consumerProps));
 
-    final Map<String, List<KafkaMessageStream>> streams = connector.createMessageStreams(ImmutableMap.of(feed, 1));
+    final Map<String, List<KafkaStream<Message>>> streams = connector.createMessageStreams(ImmutableMap.of(feed, 1));
 
-    final List<KafkaMessageStream> streamList = streams.get(feed);
+    final List<KafkaStream<Message>> streamList = streams.get(feed);
     if (streamList == null || streamList.size() != 1) {
       return null;
     }
 
-    final KafkaMessageStream stream = streamList.get(0);
+    final KafkaStream<Message> stream = streamList.get(0);
 
     return new Firehose()
     {
-      Iterator<Message> iter = stream.iterator();
+      Iterator<MessageAndMetadata<Message>> iter = stream.iterator();
       private CharBuffer chars = null;
 
       @Override
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ public class KafkaFirehoseFactory implements FirehoseFactory
       @Override
       public InputRow nextRow() throws FormattedException
       {
-        final Message message = iter.next();
+        final Message message = iter.next().message();
 
         if (message == null) {
           return null;