diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc3e4ae8..043149fa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.javatuples</groupId>