diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b9f902..499516c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.6.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>