diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df8d0d7f..e882b9dc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## 0.31.0
 
-* Dependency updates (Vert.x 4.5.10)
+* Dependency updates (Kafka 3.8.1, Vert.x 4.5.10)
 
 ## 0.30.0
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c247f292..fd875ff5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 		<vertx.version>4.5.10</vertx.version>
 		<vertx-testing.version>4.5.10</vertx-testing.version>
 		<netty.version>4.1.111.Final</netty.version>
-		<kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
+		<kafka.version>3.8.1</kafka.version>
 		<kafka-kubernetes-config-provider.version>1.2.0</kafka-kubernetes-config-provider.version>
 		<kafka-env-var-config-provider.version>1.1.0</kafka-env-var-config-provider.version>
 		<maven.checkstyle.version>3.3.0</maven.checkstyle.version>