diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2f7ac56..7749843 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.0</version>
+      <version>3.5.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>