diff --git a/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml b/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
index 7ac1becfb3..999edf3bf8 100644
--- a/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
+++ b/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>connect-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.0</version>
+            <version>4.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->