diff --git a/connect/connect-aws-dynamodb-sink/basicawscredentialsprovider/pom.xml b/connect/connect-aws-dynamodb-sink/basicawscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
index ade1a57e5b..df57ca64d7 100644
--- a/connect/connect-aws-dynamodb-sink/basicawscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-aws-dynamodb-sink/basicawscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.12.735</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
diff --git a/connect/connect-aws-kinesis-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml b/connect/connect-aws-kinesis-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
index ade1a57e5b..df57ca64d7 100644
--- a/connect/connect-aws-kinesis-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-aws-kinesis-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.12.735</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
diff --git a/connect/connect-aws-lambda-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml b/connect/connect-aws-lambda-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
index ade1a57e5b..df57ca64d7 100644
--- a/connect/connect-aws-lambda-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-aws-lambda-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.12.735</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
diff --git a/connect/connect-aws-s3-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml b/connect/connect-aws-s3-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
index ade1a57e5b..df57ca64d7 100644
--- a/connect/connect-aws-s3-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-aws-s3-sink/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.12.735</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
diff --git a/connect/connect-aws-s3-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml b/connect/connect-aws-s3-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
index ade1a57e5b..df57ca64d7 100644
--- a/connect/connect-aws-s3-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-aws-s3-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.12.735</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
diff --git a/connect/connect-aws-sqs-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml b/connect/connect-aws-sqs-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
index ade1a57e5b..df57ca64d7 100644
--- a/connect/connect-aws-sqs-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-aws-sqs-source/awscredentialsprovider/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
         <aws.sdk.version>1.12.735</aws.sdk.version>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
diff --git a/connect/connect-couchbase-sink/json-producer/pom.xml b/connect/connect-couchbase-sink/json-producer/pom.xml
index af0bbe7a52..45d57d8b6c 100644
--- a/connect/connect-couchbase-sink/json-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-couchbase-sink/json-producer/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <artifactId>json-producer</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <properties>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/connect/connect-jdbc-vertica-sink/producer/pom.xml b/connect/connect-jdbc-vertica-sink/producer/pom.xml
index 265cbedcaf..6335b32de5 100644
--- a/connect/connect-jdbc-vertica-sink/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/connect/connect-jdbc-vertica-sink/producer/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.10.2</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-consumer-application/pom.xml b/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-consumer-application/pom.xml
index bebbc3b8b6..d2ec5a29a4 100644
--- a/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-consumer-application/pom.xml
+++ b/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-consumer-application/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-producer-application/pom.xml b/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-producer-application/pom.xml
index 91a881a5f7..1bc8ff7842 100644
--- a/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-producer-application/pom.xml
+++ b/other/basic-producer-consumer/kafka-producer-application/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/http-proxy-schema-registry/producer/pom.xml b/other/http-proxy-schema-registry/producer/pom.xml
index 90da21f8c3..65d5584179 100644
--- a/other/http-proxy-schema-registry/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/http-proxy-schema-registry/producer/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/monitoring-demo/consumer/pom.xml b/other/monitoring-demo/consumer/pom.xml
index 4d39d41270..1910ed4ed4 100644
--- a/other/monitoring-demo/consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/monitoring-demo/consumer/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/monitoring-demo/producer/pom.xml b/other/monitoring-demo/producer/pom.xml
index a80cd90b79..40254f7be4 100644
--- a/other/monitoring-demo/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/monitoring-demo/producer/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/monitoring-demo/streams/pom.xml b/other/monitoring-demo/streams/pom.xml
index e18babb0ca..b6bd31aabd 100644
--- a/other/monitoring-demo/streams/pom.xml
+++ b/other/monitoring-demo/streams/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/recover-from-schema-hard-deletion/custom-schemaregistryclient-using-local-schemas/pom.xml b/other/recover-from-schema-hard-deletion/custom-schemaregistryclient-using-local-schemas/pom.xml
index e825b95c10..76f48f7cd3 100644
--- a/other/recover-from-schema-hard-deletion/custom-schemaregistryclient-using-local-schemas/pom.xml
+++ b/other/recover-from-schema-hard-deletion/custom-schemaregistryclient-using-local-schemas/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <confluent.version>7.3.0</confluent.version>
         <assertj.version>3.19.0</assertj.version>
         <awaitibility.version>3.0.0</awaitibility.version>
-        <kafka.version>3.4.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
         <logback.version>1.4.12</logback.version>
         <jackson.version>2.14.2</jackson.version>
         <junit.version>5.9.2</junit.version>
diff --git a/other/schema-format-avro-with-key/producer/pom.xml b/other/schema-format-avro-with-key/producer/pom.xml
index 3fc0733945..f3b388f3d1 100644
--- a/other/schema-format-avro-with-key/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/schema-format-avro-with-key/producer/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/schema-format-avro/producer/pom.xml b/other/schema-format-avro/producer/pom.xml
index 3fc0733945..f3b388f3d1 100644
--- a/other/schema-format-avro/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/schema-format-avro/producer/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/schema-format-json-schema-with-key/producer/pom.xml b/other/schema-format-json-schema-with-key/producer/pom.xml
index dc516dfba5..50453217a7 100644
--- a/other/schema-format-json-schema-with-key/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/schema-format-json-schema-with-key/producer/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/schema-format-json-schema/producer/pom.xml b/other/schema-format-json-schema/producer/pom.xml
index dc516dfba5..50453217a7 100644
--- a/other/schema-format-json-schema/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/schema-format-json-schema/producer/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/schema-format-protobuf-with-key/producer/pom.xml b/other/schema-format-protobuf-with-key/producer/pom.xml
index 7c5b5aa163..03d7c93dc1 100644
--- a/other/schema-format-protobuf-with-key/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/schema-format-protobuf-with-key/producer/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <google.protobuf.version>3.16.3</google.protobuf.version>
         <protoc.jar.maven.plugin>3.11.4</protoc.jar.maven.plugin>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/other/schema-format-protobuf/producer/pom.xml b/other/schema-format-protobuf/producer/pom.xml
index 7c5b5aa163..03d7c93dc1 100644
--- a/other/schema-format-protobuf/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/other/schema-format-protobuf/producer/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         <google.protobuf.version>3.16.3</google.protobuf.version>
         <protoc.jar.maven.plugin>3.11.4</protoc.jar.maven.plugin>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v1/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v1/pom.xml
index 3bccb3d925..dfe12a4057 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v1/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v2/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v2/pom.xml
index 61ffae90e9..9969dda8e6 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/consumer-v2/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v1/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v1/pom.xml
index 8d8ff731a3..591b8d76c3 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v1/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v1/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v2/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v2/pom.xml
index b9d8a3ed1d..b4dc9666b5 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v2/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/forward-compatibility-and-specific-records/producer-v2/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.11.3</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/consumer/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/consumer/pom.xml
index 9b855822de..3d6706cfc5 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/consumer/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.10.2</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/producer/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/producer/pom.xml
index 78d524bd65..7ff617b0f1 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/small-retention-timestamp-microseconds/producer/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/consumer/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/consumer/pom.xml
index 13f5040ee4..92e622a572 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/consumer/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/producer/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/producer/pom.xml
index 78d524bd65..7ff617b0f1 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/small-retention-unknown-producer-id/producer/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/small-retention/producer/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/small-retention/producer/pom.xml
index 78d524bd65..7ff617b0f1 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/small-retention/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/small-retention/producer/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/consumer/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/consumer/pom.xml
index 9b855822de..3d6706cfc5 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/consumer/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <avro.version>1.10.2</avro.version>
         <kafka.tag>6.2.0</kafka.tag>
-        <kafka.client.tag>2.8.0</kafka.client.tag>
+        <kafka.client.tag>3.7.1</kafka.client.tag>
     </properties>
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/producer/pom.xml b/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/producer/pom.xml
index 78d524bd65..7ff617b0f1 100644
--- a/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/producer/pom.xml
+++ b/troubleshooting/staled-consumer-group-behaviour/producer/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>