diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 359c9b7b8..0d3a78093 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
 
         <log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
-        <confluent-kafka.version>7.9.5</confluent-kafka.version>
+        <confluent-kafka.version>8.1.1</confluent-kafka.version>
         <rest-assured.version>6.0.0</rest-assured.version>
     </properties>