diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad93fa5..4785143 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.2.0</version>
+            <version>3.5.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Apache Kafka Streams-->
         <dependency>