diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60c940a..fdf8bd6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
         <json-smart.version>2.5.0</json-smart.version>
         <jtransforms.version>3.1</jtransforms.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.8.2</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
         <!-- This was the last version to support Java 8 -->
         <logback.version>1.3.15</logback.version>
         <lz4-java.version>1.8.0</lz4-java.version>