diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d0350d..ba1977f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,13 +86,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>3.4.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- Apache Kafka Streams-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>3.4.0</version>
        </dependency>
         <!-- Apache Log4J2 binding for SLF4J -->
         <dependency>