diff --git a/plugins/kafkaplugin/build.gradle b/plugins/kafkaplugin/build.gradle
index 280462a..c8824ef 100644
--- a/plugins/kafkaplugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/kafkaplugin/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ dependencies {
   // compileOnly important!!! We do not want to put the api into the zip file since the main program has it already!
   compileOnly project(':api')
 
-  implementation ("org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.9.0"){
+  implementation ("org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.9.1"){
     exclude group: "org.slf4j"
   }
 }