diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 3eb640780..ae730556e 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -100,12 +100,12 @@
   version = "v0.4.9"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:322bf7f4bb312294fc551f6e2c82d02f2ab8f94920f4163b3deeb07a8141ac79"
+  digest = "1:33f56caa9ab45fedc63d3d1d3e342d9f9d00726071f22c67d06b0cd26d49a55e"
   name = "github.com/Shopify/sarama"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "b12709e6ca29240128c89fe0b30b6a76be42b457"
-  source = "https://github.com/influxdata/sarama.git"
+  revision = ""
+  version = "v1.24.1"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:f82b8ac36058904227087141017bb82f4b0fc58272990a4cdae3e2d6d222644e"
@@ -791,6 +791,20 @@
   pruneopts = ""
   revision = "95032a82bc518f77982ea72343cc1ade730072f0"
 
+[[projects]]
+  digest = "1:4ceab6231efd01210f2b8b6ab360d480d49c0f44df63841ca0465920a387495d"
+  name = "github.com/klauspost/compress"
+  packages = [
+    "fse",
+    "huff0",
+    "snappy",
+    "zstd",
+    "zstd/internal/xxhash",
+  ]
+  pruneopts = ""
+  revision = "4e96aec082898e4dad17d8aca1a7e2d01362ff6c"
+  version = "v1.9.2"
+
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
   digest = "1:1ed9eeebdf24aadfbca57eb50e6455bd1d2474525e0f0d4454de8c8e9bc7ee9a"
diff --git a/Gopkg.toml b/Gopkg.toml
index c6e510641..7ecfae425 100644
--- a/Gopkg.toml
+++ b/Gopkg.toml
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/Shopify/sarama"
-  revision = "b12709e6ca29240128c89fe0b30b6a76be42b457"
-  source = "https://github.com/influxdata/sarama.git"
+  version = "1.24.0"
 
 [[constraint]]
   name = "github.com/soniah/gosnmp"
diff --git a/etc/telegraf.conf b/etc/telegraf.conf
index bab1fb456..5f728579b 100644
--- a/etc/telegraf.conf
+++ b/etc/telegraf.conf
@@ -5116,6 +5116,9 @@
 #   ## Initial offset position; one of "oldest" or "newest".
 #   # offset = "oldest"
 #
+#   ## Consumer group partition assignment strategy; one of "range", "roundrobin" or "sticky".
+#   # balance_strategy = "range"
+#
 #   ## Maximum length of a message to consume, in bytes (default 0/unlimited);
 #   ## larger messages are dropped
 #   max_message_len = 1000000
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
index efd3ffad6..b0f2a4798 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ and use the old zookeeper connection method.
   ## Initial offset position; one of "oldest" or "newest".
   # offset = "oldest"
 
+  ## Consumer group partition assignment strategy; one of "range", "roundrobin" or "sticky".
+  # balance_strategy = "range"
+
   ## Maximum length of a message to consume, in bytes (default 0/unlimited);
   ## larger messages are dropped
   max_message_len = 1000000
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
index 997988ca6..39f6f0e2b 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/kafka_consumer/kafka_consumer.go
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ const sampleConfig = `
   ## Initial offset position; one of "oldest" or "newest".
   # offset = "oldest"
 
+  ## Consumer group partition assignment strategy; one of "range", "roundrobin" or "sticky".
+  # balance_strategy = "range"
+
   ## Maximum length of a message to consume, in bytes (default 0/unlimited);
   ## larger messages are dropped
   max_message_len = 1000000
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ type KafkaConsumer struct {
 	MaxMessageLen          int      `toml:"max_message_len"`
 	MaxUndeliveredMessages int      `toml:"max_undelivered_messages"`
 	Offset                 string   `toml:"offset"`
+	BalanceStrategy        string   `toml:"balance_strategy"`
 	Topics                 []string `toml:"topics"`
 	TopicTag               string   `toml:"topic_tag"`
 	Version                string   `toml:"version"`
@@ -185,6 +189,17 @@ func (k *KafkaConsumer) Init() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("invalid offset %q", k.Offset)
 	}
 
+	switch strings.ToLower(k.BalanceStrategy) {
+	case "range", "":
+		config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.Strategy = sarama.BalanceStrategyRange
+	case "roundrobin":
+		config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.Strategy = sarama.BalanceStrategyRoundRobin
+	case "sticky":
+		config.Consumer.Group.Rebalance.Strategy = sarama.BalanceStrategySticky
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid balance strategy %q", k.BalanceStrategy)
+	}
+
 	if k.ConsumerCreator == nil {
 		k.ConsumerCreator = &SaramaCreator{}
 	}