diff --git a/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml b/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml
index 5523eb4..bd5449e 100644
--- a/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-02-16T14:53:02Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-        <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.0.0</kafka.version>
         <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.12.0</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
     </properties>