diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3510dd6..0e7da2b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.8.1</kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>