diff --git a/languages/java/kafka_confluent/pom.xml b/languages/java/kafka_confluent/pom.xml
index edcc30d..3478823 100644
--- a/languages/java/kafka_confluent/pom.xml
+++ b/languages/java/kafka_confluent/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>0.11.0.1</version>
+            <version>3.9.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>