diff --git a/kafka_exporter.go b/kafka_exporter.go
index 3737708b..71d1b27a 100644
--- a/kafka_exporter.go
+++ b/kafka_exporter.go
@@ -284,17 +284,17 @@ func NewExporter(opts kafkaOpts, topicFilter string, topicExclude string, groupF
 	}, nil
 }
 
-//func (e *Exporter) fetchOffsetVersion() int16 {
-//	version := e.client.Config().Version
-//	if e.client.Config().Version.IsAtLeast(sarama.V2_0_0_0) {
-//		return 4
-//	} else if version.IsAtLeast(sarama.V0_10_2_0) {
-//		return 2
-//	} else if version.IsAtLeast(sarama.V0_8_2_2) {
-//		return 1
-//	}
-//	return 0
-//}
+func (e *Exporter) fetchOffsetVersion() int16 {
+	version := e.client.Config().Version
+	if e.client.Config().Version.IsAtLeast(sarama.V2_0_0_0) {
+		return 4
+	} else if version.IsAtLeast(sarama.V0_10_2_0) {
+		return 2
+	} else if version.IsAtLeast(sarama.V0_8_2_2) {
+		return 1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
 
 // Describe describes all the metrics ever exported by the Kafka exporter. It
 // implements prometheus.Collector.
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 				klog.Errorf("Cannot describe for the group %s with error code %d", group.GroupId, group.Err)
 				continue
 			}
-			offsetFetchRequest := sarama.OffsetFetchRequest{ConsumerGroup: group.GroupId, Version: 1}
+			offsetFetchRequest := sarama.OffsetFetchRequest{ConsumerGroup: group.GroupId, Version: e.fetchOffsetVersion()}
 			if e.offsetShowAll {
 				for topic, partitions := range offset {
 					for partition := range partitions {