diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3457aa56..3aaf661d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-                <version>2.4.1</version>
+                <version>3.8.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.github.embeddedkafka</groupId>