diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7cb7c79..890db3fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.2</version>
+            <version>4.3.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.maxmind.geoip2</groupId>