diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9b3ff2..e003b70 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9.1</version>
+      <version>4.1.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>