diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 538e1955..0aee2c3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 		<assertj.version>3.20.2</assertj.version>
 		<jgit.version>5.12.0.202106070339-r</jgit.version>
 		<camel.version>3.11.1</camel.version>
-		<camel.kafka.connector.version>0.10.1</camel.kafka.connector.version>
+		<camel.kafka.connector.version>3.18.2</camel.kafka.connector.version>
 		<camel.kamelet.catalog.version>0.3.0</camel.kamelet.catalog.version>
 		<camel.quarkus.version>2.0.0</camel.quarkus.version>
 		<roaster.version>2.21.1.Final</roaster.version>