diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b2f3ceb..5601511 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <dist.dir>${project.build.directory}/dist</dist.dir>
         <jackson.version>2.14.0</jackson.version>
         <java.numeric.version>11</java.numeric.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.6.2</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.1.1</kafka.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>