diff --git a/kafka-rest/pom.xml b/kafka-rest/pom.xml
index 86ca62fadd..b695e17c00 100644
--- a/kafka-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-rest/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
             <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.xml.bind-api</artifactId>
             <!-- 2.3.3 is the closest major version to the EoL javaee/jaxb-api 2.3.0 -->
-            <version>3.0.1</version>
+            <version>4.0.2</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>