diff --git a/txeventq/kafka-connector-example/kafka_client/pom.xml b/txeventq/kafka-connector-example/kafka_client/pom.xml
index fce62ae2..f51dcd27 100644
--- a/txeventq/kafka-connector-example/kafka_client/pom.xml
+++ b/txeventq/kafka-connector-example/kafka_client/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	<dependency>
     	<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
     	<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-    	<version>3.7.1</version>
+    	<version>3.9.1</version>
 	</dependency>
 	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.slf4j/slf4j-api -->
 	<dependency>