diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f69872..62b43b1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>3.5.1</version>
+            <version>3.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.jr</groupId>