diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3d9557..1119596 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafka.version>3.6.2</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.1.1</kafka.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.8.4</zookeeper.version>
         <junit.version>5.5.2</junit.version>
         <jackson.version>2.9.8</jackson.version>