diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1c2c1413..c96b5707d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
         <!-- core -->
         <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
-        <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>7.9.0-ce</kafka.version>
         <version.unij>0.1.3</version.unij>
 
         <!-- tests -->