diff --git a/itests/qtest-druid/pom.xml b/itests/qtest-druid/pom.xml
index cdde22618f5f..d1694a32ec2f 100644
--- a/itests/qtest-druid/pom.xml
+++ b/itests/qtest-druid/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <druid.derby.version>10.11.1.1</druid.derby.version>
     <druid.guava.version>16.0.1</druid.guava.version>
     <druid.guice.version>4.1.0</druid.guice.version>
-    <kafka.test.version>2.5.0</kafka.test.version>
+    <kafka.test.version>3.7.2</kafka.test.version>
     <druid.guice.version>4.1.0</druid.guice.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
   </properties>