diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8811417a..88b57a9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
-      <version>3.4.0</version>
+      <version>3.9.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <!-- jackson-module-scala_2.12 needs to be excluded, otherwise breaks everything -->