diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 920c7b9537ae1..ec8389d6bbab4 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
         <juniversalchardet-version>1.0.3</juniversalchardet-version>
         <jxmpp-version>1.1.0</jxmpp-version>
         <jython-version>2.7.4</jython-version>
-        <kafka-version>4.2.0</kafka-version>
+        <kafka-version>4.3.0</kafka-version>
         <keycloak-client-version>26.0.8</keycloak-client-version>
         <kubernetes-client-version>7.7.0</kubernetes-client-version>
         <kudu-version>1.18.1</kudu-version>