diff --git a/eventmesh-connectors/eventmesh-connector-kafka/build.gradle b/eventmesh-connectors/eventmesh-connector-kafka/build.gradle
index 532b43ce6c..56acf51906 100644
--- a/eventmesh-connectors/eventmesh-connector-kafka/build.gradle
+++ b/eventmesh-connectors/eventmesh-connector-kafka/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 dependencies {
     implementation project(":eventmesh-openconnect:eventmesh-openconnect-java")
     implementation 'io.cloudevents:cloudevents-kafka:2.4.2'
-    implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.7.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.6.2'
     compileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
     annotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}