diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7ef48f1a..44a01f937 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
         <skipUnitTests>${skipTests}</skipUnitTests>
         <skipIntegrationTests>${skipTests}</skipIntegrationTests>
 
-        <kafka.version>3.7.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.2</awaitility.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.26.3</assertj-core.version>
         <confluent.version>7.7.0</confluent.version>
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>connect-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7.0</version>
+            <version>${kafka.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
diff --git a/pom_confluent.xml b/pom_confluent.xml
index d5837cf60..969ff531a 100644
--- a/pom_confluent.xml
+++ b/pom_confluent.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         -->
         <license.processing.targetDir>${project.build.directory}/../licenses</license.processing.targetDir>
 
-        <kafka.version>3.7.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.2</awaitility.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.26.3</assertj-core.version>
         <confluent.version>7.7.0</confluent.version>
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>connect-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7.0</version>
+            <version>${kafka.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>