diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 538e1955d..bbc602db4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 		<tyrus.version>2.0.0</tyrus.version>
 		<commons-text.version>1.9</commons-text.version>
 		<citrus.kafka.version>3.0.0-M3</citrus.kafka.version>
-		<kafka.clients.version>2.6.2</kafka.clients.version>
+		<kafka.clients.version>3.3.0</kafka.clients.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<distributionManagement>