diff --git a/docs/src/main/paradox/home.md b/docs/src/main/paradox/home.md
index 83780e2d9..9f69508a8 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/paradox/home.md
+++ b/docs/src/main/paradox/home.md
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ Check even Confluent's [Versions and Interoperability](https://docs.confluent.io
 
 ## Dependencies
 
+The Akka dependencies are available from Akka's library repository. To access them there, you need to configure the URL for this repository.
+
+@@repository [Maven,sbt,Gradle] {
+  id="akka-repository"
+  name="Akka library repository"
+  url="https://repo.akka.io/maven"
+}
+
+Additionally, add the dependencies as below.
+
 @@dependency [Maven,sbt,Gradle] {
   group=com.typesafe.akka
   artifact=akka-stream-kafka_$scala.binary.version$
@@ -52,7 +62,7 @@ Check even Confluent's [Versions and Interoperability](https://docs.confluent.io
   version2=AkkaVersion
 }
 
-This connector depends on Akka 2.6.x and note that it is important that all `akka-*` dependencies are in the same version, so it is recommended to depend on them explicitly to avoid problems with transient dependencies causing an unlucky mix of versions.
+This connector depends on Akka $akka.version$ and note that it is important that all `akka-*` dependencies are in the same version, so it is recommended to depend on them explicitly to avoid problems with transient dependencies causing an unlucky mix of versions.
 
 Alpakka Kafka APIs accept a typed @apidoc[akka.actor.typed.ActorSystem] or a classic @apidoc[akka.actor.ActorSystem] because both implement the @apidoc[akka.actor.ClassicActorSystemProvider] @scala[trait]@java[interface].
 There are some Alpakka Kafka APIs that only accept classic a @apidoc[akka.actor.ActorRef], such as the @ref[rebalance listener](./consumer-rebalance.md) API, but otherwise there is no difference between running Alpakka Kafka and any other Akka Streams implementation with a typed @apidoc[akka.actor.typed.ActorSystem]. 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 11b09f8cd..662337a7b 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scalameta" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "2.5.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "1.1.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.8.0")
 // docs
-addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.49")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.akka" % "sbt-paradox-akka" % "0.51")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.paradox" % "sbt-paradox-dependencies" % "0.2.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-publish-rsync" % "0.2")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-unidoc" % "0.5.0")