diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index 7402d88ef3..83d78af84f 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -795,8 +795,8 @@
             <url>http://dl.bintray.com/cuba-platform/main</url>
         </repository>
         <repository>
-            <id>Apache Staging</id>
-            <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/staging</url>
+            <id>Maven Central</id>
+            <url>https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
@@ -912,6 +912,41 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
+        <pluginManagement>
+        	<plugins>
+        		<!--This plugin's configuration is used to store Eclipse m2e settings only. It has no influence on the Maven build itself.-->
+        		<plugin>
+        			<groupId>org.eclipse.m2e</groupId>
+        			<artifactId>lifecycle-mapping</artifactId>
+        			<version>1.0.0</version>
+        			<configuration>
+        				<lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+        					<pluginExecutions>
+        						<pluginExecution>
+        							<pluginExecutionFilter>
+        								<groupId>
+        									org.apache.maven.plugins
+        								</groupId>
+        								<artifactId>
+        									maven-pmd-plugin
+        								</artifactId>
+        								<versionRange>
+        									[3.8,)
+        								</versionRange>
+        								<goals>
+        									<goal>check</goal>
+        								</goals>
+        							</pluginExecutionFilter>
+        							<action>
+        								<ignore></ignore>
+        							</action>
+        						</pluginExecution>
+        					</pluginExecutions>
+        				</lifecycleMappingMetadata>
+        			</configuration>
+        		</plugin>
+        	</plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
     </build>
 
     <properties>
@@ -974,7 +1009,7 @@
         <caffeine.version>2.5.5</caffeine.version>
         <google-api.version>1.23.0</google-api.version>
         <google-sheets.version>v4-rev493-1.21.0</google-sheets.version>
-        <kafka.version>1.0.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>2.0.0</kafka.version>
         <smooks.version>1.7.0</smooks.version>
         <docker.version>3.0.14</docker.version>
         <tomcat.version>8.5.24</tomcat.version>
diff --git a/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kafka/TransactionalApp.java b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kafka/TransactionalApp.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1e95041a0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kafka/TransactionalApp.java
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package com.baeldung.kafka;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerRecords;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.KafkaConsumer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.OffsetAndMetadata;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.KafkaProducer;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig;
+import org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerRecord;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.KafkaException;
+import org.apache.kafka.common.TopicPartition;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import static java.time.Duration.ofSeconds;
+import static java.util.Collections.singleton;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig.*;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer.ConsumerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG;
+import static org.apache.kafka.clients.producer.ProducerConfig.*;
+
+public class TransactionalApp {
+
+    private static final String CONSUMER_GROUP_ID = "test";
+    private static final String OUTPUT_TOPIC = "output";
+    private static final String INPUT_TOPIC = "input";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        KafkaConsumer<String, String> consumer = initConsumer();
+        KafkaProducer<String, String> producer = initProducer();
+
+        producer.initTransactions();
+
+        try {
+
+            while (true) {
+
+                ConsumerRecords<String, String> records = consumer.poll(ofSeconds(20));
+
+                producer.beginTransaction();
+
+                for (ConsumerRecord record : records)
+                    producer.send(new ProducerRecord(OUTPUT_TOPIC, record));
+
+                Map<TopicPartition, OffsetAndMetadata> offsetsToCommit = new HashMap<>();
+
+                for (TopicPartition partition : records.partitions()) {
+                    List<ConsumerRecord<String, String>> partitionedRecords = records.records(partition);
+                    long offset = partitionedRecords.get(partitionedRecords.size() - 1).offset();
+
+                    offsetsToCommit.put(partition, new OffsetAndMetadata(offset));
+                }
+
+                producer.sendOffsetsToTransaction(offsetsToCommit, CONSUMER_GROUP_ID);
+                producer.commitTransaction();
+
+            }
+
+        } catch (KafkaException e) {
+
+            producer.abortTransaction();
+
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+    private static KafkaConsumer<String, String> initConsumer() {
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.put(BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, "localhost:9092");
+        props.put(GROUP_ID_CONFIG, CONSUMER_GROUP_ID);
+        props.put(ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT_CONFIG, "false");
+        props.put(KEY_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer");
+        props.put(VALUE_DESERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer");
+
+        KafkaConsumer<String, String> consumer = new KafkaConsumer<>(props);
+        consumer.subscribe(singleton(INPUT_TOPIC));
+        return consumer;
+    }
+
+    private static KafkaProducer<String, String> initProducer() {
+
+        Properties props = new Properties();
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS_CONFIG, "localhost:9092");
+        props.put(ACKS_CONFIG, "all");
+        props.put(RETRIES_CONFIG, 3);
+        props.put(BATCH_SIZE_CONFIG, 16384);
+        props.put(LINGER_MS_CONFIG, 1);
+        props.put(BUFFER_MEMORY_CONFIG, 33554432);
+        props.put(ENABLE_IDEMPOTENCE_CONFIG, "true");
+        props.put(TRANSACTIONAL_ID_CONFIG, "prod-1");
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.KEY_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer");
+        props.put(ProducerConfig.VALUE_SERIALIZER_CLASS_CONFIG, "org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer");
+
+        return new KafkaProducer(props);
+
+    }
+
+}