diff --git a/agent/agent-plugins/apache-kafka/pom.xml b/agent/agent-plugins/apache-kafka/pom.xml
index 51ba08d72..cb3b5589b 100644
--- a/agent/agent-plugins/apache-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/agent/agent-plugins/apache-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5.1</version>
+      <version>3.7.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>