diff --git a/getting-started-with-ccloud-java/pom.xml b/getting-started-with-ccloud-java/pom.xml
index f0ce416d..6d4906cd 100644
--- a/getting-started-with-ccloud-java/pom.xml
+++ b/getting-started-with-ccloud-java/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <kafka.client.version>3.7.1</kafka.client.version>
-    <confluent.platform.version>5.5.0</confluent.platform.version>
+    <confluent.platform.version>7.3.0</confluent.platform.version>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     <maven.compiler.plugin>3.8.1</maven.compiler.plugin>