diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 005574c19..31142942c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                     <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.3.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>
@@ -848,7 +848,7 @@
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                     <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.3.1</version>
+                    <version>3.8.0</version>
                 </dependency>
                 <dependency>
                     <groupId>com.twitter</groupId>