diff --git a/nixos/tests/kafka.nix b/nixos/tests/kafka.nix
index 2969f3336de7..034601c815b9 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/kafka.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/kafka.nix
@@ -77,4 +77,5 @@ let
 in with pkgs; {
   kafka_2_4  = makeKafkaTest "kafka_2_4"  apacheKafka_2_4;
   kafka_2_5  = makeKafkaTest "kafka_2_5"  apacheKafka_2_5;
+  kafka_2_6  = makeKafkaTest "kafka_2_6"  apacheKafka_2_6;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
index 7ae0810f592f..935db27044f3 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ let
       sha256 = "1wn4iszrm2rvsfyyr515zx79k5m86davjkcwcwpxcgc4k3q0z7lv";
       jre = jre8;
     };
+    "2.6" = {
+      kafkaVersion = "2.6.1";
+      scalaVersion = "2.13";
+      sha256 = "1a2kd4r6f8z7qf886nnq9f350sblzzdi230j2hll7x156888573y";
+      jre = jre11;
+    };
   };
 in
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 4fd4f37b55cc..2245832ad6fc 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -11859,9 +11859,10 @@ in
   apacheAnt_1_9 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/1.9.nix { };
   ant = apacheAnt;
 
-  apacheKafka = apacheKafka_2_5;
+  apacheKafka = apacheKafka_2_6;
   apacheKafka_2_4 = callPackage ../servers/apache-kafka { majorVersion = "2.4"; };
   apacheKafka_2_5 = callPackage ../servers/apache-kafka { majorVersion = "2.5"; };
+  apacheKafka_2_6 = callPackage ../servers/apache-kafka { majorVersion = "2.6"; };
 
   kt = callPackage ../tools/misc/kt {};