diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
index 185c02467f..92d35cb64b 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/kafka-plugins/build.gradle
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-plugins:blocking-buffer')
     testImplementation project(':data-prepper-core')
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-inline:4.1.0'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.4.0'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.4.0:test'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.6.1'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.13:3.6.1:test'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.curator:curator-test:5.5.0'
     testImplementation 'io.confluent:kafka-schema-registry:7.4.0'
     testImplementation testLibs.junit.vintage