diff --git a/testcontainers/pom.xml b/testcontainers/pom.xml
index ae1f54ff..71104afd 100644
--- a/testcontainers/pom.xml
+++ b/testcontainers/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.6.3</version>
+      <version>3.7.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>