diff --git a/tweet-user-count/pom.xml b/tweet-user-count/pom.xml
index f8bfb30..bd13816 100644
--- a/tweet-user-count/pom.xml
+++ b/tweet-user-count/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.kafka/connect-json -->
         <dependency>