diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f33489..88d2338 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0</version>
+            <version>3.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>