diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 27548f82ff6a..7000a7009eb4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
     <jopt-simple.version>5.0.4</jopt-simple.version>
 
     <spark3.version>3.5.8</spark3.version>
-    <kafka3.version>3.9.2</kafka3.version>
+    <kafka3.version>4.2.0</kafka3.version>
     <kafka4.version>4.2.0</kafka4.version>
     <confluent.version>8.2.0</confluent.version>
     <pulsar.version>4.0.9</pulsar.version>