diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c9664645..f318a564 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-                <version>2.3.1</version>
+                <version>3.7.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>