diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d4b2116..03d1b0a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7.0</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>