diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 82f7f00af..0fb0c08e5 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ cd dendrite
 
 If using Kafka, install and start it (c.f. [scripts/install-local-kafka.sh](scripts/install-local-kafka.sh)):
 ```bash
-MIRROR=http://apache.mirror.anlx.net/kafka/0.10.2.0/kafka_2.11-0.10.2.0.tgz
+KAFKA_URL=http://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/2.1.0/kafka_2.11-2.1.0.tgz
 
 # Only download the kafka if it isn't already downloaded.
-test -f kafka.tgz || wget $MIRROR -O kafka.tgz
+test -f kafka.tgz || wget $KAFKA_URL -O kafka.tgz
 # Unpack the kafka over the top of any existing installation
 mkdir -p kafka && tar xzf kafka.tgz -C kafka --strip-components 1