diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1631bcb..0ee658b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafka.version>3.8.1</kafka.version>
-        <k3a.embedded.version>0.5.6+${kafka.version}</k3a.embedded.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
+        <k3a.embedded.version>0.5.8+${kafka.version}</k3a.embedded.version>
         <kafka.scala.version>2.13</kafka.scala.version>
         <maven-surefire.version>3.5.2</maven-surefire.version>
     </properties>