diff --git a/examples/kafka/pom.xml b/examples/kafka/pom.xml
index 47d2c38..0f02114 100644
--- a/examples/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_2.13</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>3.9.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>