diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 788aad0f347aa..2d5f13546f705 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ versions += [
   kafka_24: "2.4.1",
   kafka_25: "2.5.1",
   kafka_26: "2.6.2",
-  kafka_27: "2.7.0",
+  kafka_27: "2.7.1",
   lz4: "1.7.1",
   mavenArtifact: "3.6.3",
   metrics: "2.2.0",
diff --git a/tests/docker/Dockerfile b/tests/docker/Dockerfile
index 57da852c0253d..e8af730bffeeb 100644
--- a/tests/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ RUN mkdir -p "/opt/kafka-2.3.1" && chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.3.1 && curl -s "$KAFK
 RUN mkdir -p "/opt/kafka-2.4.1" && chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.4.1 && curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka_2.12-2.4.1.tgz" | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C "/opt/kafka-2.4.1"
 RUN mkdir -p "/opt/kafka-2.5.1" && chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.5.1 && curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka_2.12-2.5.1.tgz" | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C "/opt/kafka-2.5.1"
 RUN mkdir -p "/opt/kafka-2.6.2" && chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.6.2 && curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka_2.12-2.6.2.tgz" | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C "/opt/kafka-2.6.2"
-RUN mkdir -p "/opt/kafka-2.7.0" && chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.7.0 && curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka_2.12-2.7.0.tgz" | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C "/opt/kafka-2.7.0"
+RUN mkdir -p "/opt/kafka-2.7.1" && chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.7.1 && curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka_2.12-2.7.1.tgz" | tar xz --strip-components=1 -C "/opt/kafka-2.7.1"
 
 # Streams test dependencies
 RUN curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka-streams-0.10.0.1-test.jar" -o /opt/kafka-0.10.0.1/libs/kafka-streams-0.10.0.1-test.jar
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ RUN curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka-streams-2.3.1-test.jar" -o /opt/kafka-2.3.1/lib
 RUN curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka-streams-2.4.1-test.jar" -o /opt/kafka-2.4.1/libs/kafka-streams-2.4.1-test.jar
 RUN curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka-streams-2.5.1-test.jar" -o /opt/kafka-2.5.1/libs/kafka-streams-2.5.1-test.jar
 RUN curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka-streams-2.6.2-test.jar" -o /opt/kafka-2.6.2/libs/kafka-streams-2.6.2-test.jar
-RUN curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka-streams-2.7.0-test.jar" -o /opt/kafka-2.7.0/libs/kafka-streams-2.7.0-test.jar
+RUN curl -s "$KAFKA_MIRROR/kafka-streams-2.7.1-test.jar" -o /opt/kafka-2.7.1/libs/kafka-streams-2.7.1-test.jar
 
 # The version of Kibosh to use for testing.
 # If you update this, also update vagrant/base.sh
diff --git a/tests/kafkatest/version.py b/tests/kafkatest/version.py
index a2bbd50cbaf99..3a36ce359a0a9 100644
--- a/tests/kafkatest/version.py
+++ b/tests/kafkatest/version.py
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@ def get_version(node=None):
 
 # 2.7.x versions
 V_2_7_0 = KafkaVersion("2.7.0")
-LATEST_2_7 = V_2_7_0
+V_2_7_1 = KafkaVersion("2.7.1")
+LATEST_2_7 = V_2_7_1
 
 # 2.8.x versions
 V_2_8_0 = KafkaVersion("2.8.0")
diff --git a/vagrant/base.sh b/vagrant/base.sh
index 9cfa62c2db868..08a2bd7ebe6cf 100755
--- a/vagrant/base.sh
+++ b/vagrant/base.sh
@@ -144,8 +144,8 @@ get_kafka 2.5.1 2.12
 chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.5.1
 get_kafka 2.6.2 2.12
 chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.6.2
-get_kafka 2.7.0 2.12
-chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.7.0
+get_kafka 2.7.1 2.12
+chmod a+rw /opt/kafka-2.7.1
 
 # For EC2 nodes, we want to use /mnt, which should have the local disk. On local
 # VMs, we can just create it if it doesn't exist and use it like we'd use