From 448bf14d8e9365c4931ae0610e06e5c1af7477cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 10:45:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Bump org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 3.9.0 to 4.0.0
 in /log4j-parent

Bumps org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 3.9.0 to 4.0.0.

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 log4j-parent/pom.xml | 2 +-
 pom.xml              | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 04eb72b6575..5d862fd8f24 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.1</junit-jupiter.version>
     <junit-pioneer.version>1.9.1</junit-pioneer.version>
-    <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>4.0.0</kafka.version>
     <lightcouch.version>0.2.0</lightcouch.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <log4j-transform.version>0.2.0</log4j-transform.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9cbf5d90d3d..b70c0b0e1d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
     <site-jctools.version>4.0.5</site-jctools.version>
     <site-je.version>18.3.12</site-je.version>
     <site-jeromq.version>0.6.0</site-jeromq.version>
-    <site-kafka.version>3.9.0</site-kafka.version>
+    <site-kafka.version>4.0.0</site-kafka.version>
     <site-logback.version>1.3.15</site-logback.version>
     <site-slf4j.version>2.0.17</site-slf4j.version>
 

From 4262c690a011da067841c92c864c4904a1636924 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Piotr P. Karwasz" <pkarwasz-github@apache.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:02:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Revert "Bump org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 3.9.0 to
 4.0.0 in /log4j-parent"

This reverts commit 448bf14d8e9365c4931ae0610e06e5c1af7477cc.
---
 log4j-parent/pom.xml | 2 +-
 pom.xml              | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 5d862fd8f24..04eb72b6575 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.12.1</junit-jupiter.version>
     <junit-pioneer.version>1.9.1</junit-pioneer.version>
-    <kafka.version>4.0.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
     <lightcouch.version>0.2.0</lightcouch.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <log4j-transform.version>0.2.0</log4j-transform.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b70c0b0e1d0..9cbf5d90d3d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@
     <site-jctools.version>4.0.5</site-jctools.version>
     <site-je.version>18.3.12</site-je.version>
     <site-jeromq.version>0.6.0</site-jeromq.version>
-    <site-kafka.version>4.0.0</site-kafka.version>
+    <site-kafka.version>3.9.0</site-kafka.version>
     <site-logback.version>1.3.15</site-logback.version>
     <site-slf4j.version>2.0.17</site-slf4j.version>
 

From b0042661fe86d32c420f29fba467f07e66cde481 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Piotr P. Karwasz" <pkarwasz-github@apache.org>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 19:04:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Limit Kafka version to 3.x

---
 .github/dependabot.yaml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yaml b/.github/dependabot.yaml
index 9d1524fb681..6c73c48d8d7 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yaml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yaml
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ updates:
       # SLF4J should not perform major version upgrades
       - dependency-name: "org.slf4j:slf4j-api"
         update-types: [ "version-update:semver-major" ]
+      # Kafka 4.x is not compatible with our appender
+      - dependency-name: "org.apache.kafka:*"
+        versions: [ "[4,)" ]
 
   - package-ecosystem: maven
     directories: