diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b9aeade..3904269 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.0</version>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>