diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index ce9978e20..27df4222e 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ lazy val _scala3   = "3.3.3"
 inThisBuild(
   List(
     name         := "ZIO Kafka",
-    zioVersion   := "2.0.22",
+    zioVersion   := "2.1.0",
     scalaVersion := _scala213,
     // zio-sbt defines these 'scala213' and 'scala3' settings, but we need to define them here to override the defaults and better control them
     scala213 := _scala213,