diff --git a/modules/kafka/build.gradle b/modules/kafka/build.gradle
index b37105f7463..b1aed8741a3 100644
--- a/modules/kafka/build.gradle
+++ b/modules/kafka/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tasks.japicmp {
 dependencies {
     api project(':testcontainers')
 
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.0.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.4.0'
     testImplementation 'org.assertj:assertj-core:3.21.0'
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:23.0'
 }