diff --git a/nixos/tests/kafka.nix b/nixos/tests/kafka.nix
index 034601c815b92..71e7191dde5c8 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/kafka.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/kafka.nix
@@ -78,4 +78,6 @@ 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;
+  kafka_2_7  = makeKafkaTest "kafka_2_7"  apacheKafka_2_7;
+  kafka_2_8  = makeKafkaTest "kafka_2_8"  apacheKafka_2_8;
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
index 935db27044f3b..415b3cddc2578 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/apache-kafka/default.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ let
       sha256 = "1a2kd4r6f8z7qf886nnq9f350sblzzdi230j2hll7x156888573y";
       jre = jre11;
     };
+    "2.7" = {
+      kafkaVersion = "2.7.1";
+      scalaVersion = "2.13";
+      sha256 = "1qv6blf99211bc80xnd4k42r9v9c5vilyqkplyhsa6hqymg32gfa";
+      jre = jre11;
+    };
+    "2.8" = {
+      kafkaVersion = "2.8.0";
+      scalaVersion = "2.13";
+      sha256 = "1iljfjlp29m4s6gkja9fxkzj8a8p0qc0sfy8x4g1318kbnp818rz";
+      jre = jre11;
+    };
   };
 in
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
index f402787031ac7..4d982eddf3fef 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/aliases.nix
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ mapAliases ({
   apacheKafka_2_1 = throw "kafka 2.1 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a newer version."; # added 2020-12-21
   apacheKafka_2_2 = throw "kafka 2.2 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a newer version."; # added 2020-12-21
   apacheKafka_2_3 = throw "kafka 2.3 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a newer version."; # added 2020-12-21
+  apacheKafka_2_4 = throw "kafka 2.4 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a newer version."; # added 2021-06-24
+  apacheKafka_2_5 = throw "kafka 2.5 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a newer version."; # added 2021-06-24
+  apacheKafka_2_6 = throw "kafka 2.6 is no longer supported. Please upgrade to a newer version."; # added 2021-06-24
   arduino_core = arduino-core;  # added 2015-02-04
   arora = throw "arora has been removed."; # added 2020-09-09
   asciidocFull = asciidoc-full;  # added 2014-06-22
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 2ce87c6e10ccc..4f4a7b6dce016 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -12613,10 +12613,12 @@ in
   apacheAnt_1_9 = callPackage ../development/tools/build-managers/apache-ant/1.9.nix { };
   ant = apacheAnt;
 
-  apacheKafka = apacheKafka_2_6;
+  apacheKafka = apacheKafka_2_8;
   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"; };
+  apacheKafka_2_7 = callPackage ../servers/apache-kafka { majorVersion = "2.7"; };
+  apacheKafka_2_8 = callPackage ../servers/apache-kafka { majorVersion = "2.8"; };
 
   kt = callPackage ../tools/misc/kt {};