diff --git a/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml b/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
index ffd678ec0..0e84819d3 100644
--- a/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
+++ b/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>3.4.0</version>
+			<version>3.7.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>