diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 128b00b..c26c5c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <sonar.projectKey>dropwizard_dropwizard-kafka</sonar.projectKey>
 
     <brave.version>6.3.0</brave.version>
-    <kafka-client.version>3.9.1</kafka-client.version>
+    <kafka-client.version>4.1.1</kafka-client.version>
     <spring-kafka.version>3.3.11</spring-kafka.version>
   </properties>