diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a89147..51ec3bf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>3.5.1</version>
+      <version>3.6.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>