diff --git a/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh b/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh
index 869d2891..41bc7bd2 100755
--- a/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-local-kafka.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 set -eu
 
 # The mirror to download kafka from is picked from the list of mirrors at
-# https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/kafka/0.10.2.0/kafka_2.11-0.10.2.0.tgz
+# https://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi?path=/kafka/0.10.2.0/kafka_2.11-0.11.0.2.tgz
 # TODO: Check the signature since we are downloading over HTTP.
-MIRROR=http://apache.mirror.anlx.net/kafka/0.10.2.0/kafka_2.11-0.10.2.0.tgz
+MIRROR=http://apache.mirror.anlx.net/kafka/0.11.0.2/kafka_2.11-0.11.0.2.tgz
 
 # Only download the kafka if it isn't already downloaded.
 test -f kafka.tgz || wget $MIRROR -O kafka.tgz
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ mkdir -p kafka && tar xzf kafka.tgz -C kafka --strip-components 1
 kafka/bin/zookeeper-server-start.sh -daemon kafka/config/zookeeper.properties
 # Enable topic deletion so that the integration tests can create a fresh topic
 # for each test run.
-echo "delete.topic.enable=true" >> kafka/config/server.properties
+echo -e "\n\ndelete.topic.enable=true" >> kafka/config/server.properties
 # Start the kafka server running in the background.
 # By default the kafka listens on localhost:9092
 kafka/bin/kafka-server-start.sh -daemon kafka/config/server.properties