diff --git a/Directory.Packages.props b/Directory.Packages.props
index 7f4f9069f9..c652c1a0ed 100644
--- a/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     <!-- NuGet dependencies -->
     <PackageVersion Include="NuGet.ProjectModel" Version="6.11.0" />
     <!-- external dependencies -->
-    <PackageVersion Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.5.3" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.6.1" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Dapper" Version="2.1.44" />
     <PackageVersion Include="DnsClient" Version="1.8.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Elastic.Clients.Elasticsearch" Version="8.15.8" />