diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cc06903..948d629 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.3</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
         
     </dependencies>