Merge branch 'googleapis:main' into main

Author: iftekhar-khan09

pom.xml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
-    <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>pubsublite-kafka</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.2</version>
+      <version>1.2.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>