diff --git a/src/Foundatio.Kafka/Foundatio.Kafka.csproj b/src/Foundatio.Kafka/Foundatio.Kafka.csproj
index 3490eb9..62d2382 100644
--- a/src/Foundatio.Kafka/Foundatio.Kafka.csproj
+++ b/src/Foundatio.Kafka/Foundatio.Kafka.csproj
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.6.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.8.0" />
 
     <PackageReference Include="Foundatio" Version="11.0.6" Condition="'$(ReferenceFoundatioSource)' == '' OR '$(ReferenceFoundatioSource)' == 'false'" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\Foundatio\src\Foundatio\Foundatio.csproj" Condition="'$(ReferenceFoundatioSource)' == 'true'" />