diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0bcafd0..ab43de0c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <thrift.version>0.12.0</thrift.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.3.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.2.0</kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <licenses>