diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 254e779..c14a7b4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>3.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>