diff --git a/service/build.gradle b/service/build.gradle
index e1018265..ae5dc1c9 100644
--- a/service/build.gradle
+++ b/service/build.gradle
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ dependencies {
 	implementation 'info.picocli:picocli:4.6.1'
 	implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.1'
 	implementation 'org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.9'
-	implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:2.1.0'
+	implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:4.0.0'
 	implementation 'org.ini4j:ini4j:0.5.2'
 	implementation 'org.mongodb:bson:4.11.1'
 	implementation 'org.mongodb:bson-record-codec:4.11.1'