diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
index 7fb12f136..bcb3d84d5 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/tools/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
         <protobuf.version>4.31.0</protobuf.version>
-        <kafka-clients.version>4.0.0</kafka-clients.version>
+        <kafka-clients.version>4.0.2</kafka-clients.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>