diff --git a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
index 1ba81fda105..cb1e9e31e7b 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/kafka-cluster/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
     testAnnotationProcessor "org.projectlombok:lombok:1.18.10"
     testImplementation 'org.testcontainers:kafka'
     testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:2.8.0'
-    testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.14.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.19.0'
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0'
     testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.30'
 }