diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index add5061..b366149 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ services:
       - "15432:5432"
 
   kafka:
-    image: docker.io/apache/kafka:3.7.0
+    image: docker.io/apache/kafka-native:3.8.0
     environment:
       CLUSTER_ID: 4L6g3nShT-eMCtK--X86sw
       KAFKA_NODE_ID: 1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 973acc1..b23163e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>appointments</artifactId>
-  <version>0.3.7</version>
+  <version>0.3.8</version>
 
   <name>Appointments</name>
   <description>Application to create appointments (REST API)</description>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index ef32648..ae9ee53 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ management.endpoints.jmx.exposure.exclude: "*"
 
 spring:
   threads.virtual.enabled: true
+
   datasource:
     url: ${JDBC_URL:jdbc:postgresql://localhost:15432/local}
     username: ${JDBC_USERNAME:root}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/jaguililla/appointments/ApplicationIT.java b/src/test/java/com/github/jaguililla/appointments/ApplicationIT.java
index a531975..7a1bf31 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/jaguililla/appointments/ApplicationIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/jaguililla/appointments/ApplicationIT.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 class ApplicationIT {
 
     static PostgreSQLContainer<?> postgres = new PostgreSQLContainer<>("postgres:16-alpine");
-    static KafkaContainer kafka = new KafkaContainer("apache/kafka:3.7.0");
+    static KafkaContainer kafka = new KafkaContainer("apache/kafka:3.8.0");
 
     private final TestTemplate client;
     @Autowired