diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81380a6..0e0adb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>3.9.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>