diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2090144b..d6a3a4c1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <rabbitmq-client.version>5.17.0</rabbitmq-client.version>
     <haystack-idl.version>1.0.66</haystack-idl.version>
     <zipkin-proto.version>1.0.0</zipkin-proto.version>
-    <kafka.version>3.0.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
     <protobuf-java.version>3.18.0</protobuf-java.version>
     <javax-annotation.version>1.3.2</javax-annotation.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>