diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c28ca5beb..800b3c3d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <skipUnitTests>${skipTests}</skipUnitTests>
         <skipIntegrationTests>${skipTests}</skipIntegrationTests>
 
-        <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.8.1</kafka.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.2</awaitility.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.26.3</assertj-core.version>
         <confluent.version>7.8.0</confluent.version>