diff --git a/connectors/kafka/pom.xml b/connectors/kafka/pom.xml
index 3447c3db1d..188176534a 100644
--- a/connectors/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/connectors/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.2</version>
+      <version>3.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>