diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 238e5153535..ecb83f375b2 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <junit-jupiter.version>5.11.3</junit-jupiter.version>
     <junit-pioneer.version>1.9.1</junit-pioneer.version>
-    <kafka.version>3.8.1</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
     <lightcouch.version>0.2.0</lightcouch.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <log4j-transform.version>0.2.0</log4j-transform.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d59b084a764..a53103eb9f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@
     <site-jctools.version>4.0.5</site-jctools.version>
     <site-je.version>18.3.12</site-je.version>
     <site-jeromq.version>0.6.0</site-jeromq.version>
-    <site-kafka.version>3.8.1</site-kafka.version>
+    <site-kafka.version>3.9.0</site-kafka.version>
     <site-logback.version>1.5.5</site-logback.version>
     <site-slf4j.version>2.0.16</site-slf4j.version>
 
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml
index 0a84d44ceed..83a06bc9d77 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
        xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
        xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
        type="updated">
-  <issue id="3142" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3142"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients` to version `3.8.1`</description>
+  <issue id="3182" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3182"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients` to version `3.9.0`</description>
 </entry>