diff --git a/confluent-kafka.yaml b/confluent-kafka.yaml
index 0f9080ec076..7ff2be55c99 100644
--- a/confluent-kafka.yaml
+++ b/confluent-kafka.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+#nolint:git-checkout-must-use-github-updates
 package:
   name: confluent-kafka
-  version: 7.7.0.301
+  version: 7.7.0.308
   epoch: 0
   description: Community edition of Confluent Kafka.
   copyright:
@@ -20,11 +21,11 @@ environment:
       - openjdk-11
       - sbt
 
-# Convert back to original format which can be used in git fetch.
+# Transform melange version to replace last dot "." with "-".
 var-transforms:
   - from: ${{package.version}}
-    match: "_"
-    replace: "-"
+    match: ^(.+)\.(\d+)$
+    replace: $1-$2
     to: mangled-package-version
 
 pipeline:
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ pipeline:
     with:
       repository: https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka
       tag: v${{vars.mangled-package-version}}-ccs
-      expected-commit: ab63fe9ca0e7bfa1011e2101bfa891684f392c0d
+      expected-commit: a0ee4a4aa682cb7493896a95ceaaee82bb665f49
 
   - runs: |
       export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF8
@@ -52,21 +53,24 @@ pipeline:
       rm -rf ${{targets.destdir}}/usr/lib/kafka/bin/*.bat
 
 update:
-  enabled: true
+  enabled: false # Disable until we figure out how to update the version using the Release Monitor.
   # src version contains '-', which melange doesn't like.
   version-transform:
     - match: "-"
       replace: "."
-  github:
-    identifier: confluentinc/kafka
-    use-tag: true
-    strip-suffix: -ccs
+  release-monitor:
+    identifier: 371656
+  # github:
+  #   identifier: confluentinc/kafka
+  #   use-tag: true
+  #   strip-suffix: -ccs
 
 test:
   environment:
     contents:
       packages:
         - zookeeper
+        - busybox
   pipeline:
     - runs: |
         # Define Kafka base directory