diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/pom.xml b/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/pom.xml
index e8e68a15d6d99..7534d5a34bb07 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ under the License.
 	<name>Flink : Formats : Avro confluent registry</name>
 
 	<properties>
-		<confluent.version>7.5.3</confluent.version>
+		<confluent.version>7.9.8</confluent.version>
+		<kafka.compatibility.version>3.9.2</kafka.compatibility.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
@@ -162,6 +163,12 @@ under the License.
 			<scope>test</scope>
 			<type>test-jar</type>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+			<version>${kafka.compatibility.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- ArchUnit test dependencies -->
 
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/formats/avro/registry/confluent/CachedSchemaCoderProviderTest.java b/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/formats/avro/registry/confluent/CachedSchemaCoderProviderTest.java
index 3e8f53cdf4701..0576a66765f22 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/formats/avro/registry/confluent/CachedSchemaCoderProviderTest.java
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-avro-confluent-registry/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/formats/avro/registry/confluent/CachedSchemaCoderProviderTest.java
@@ -112,6 +112,21 @@ void testThatBearerAuthIsInitializedForBearerAuthProperties() {
         assertThat(bearerAuthCredentialProvider.getBearerToken(null)).isEqualTo(token);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void testThatOauthBearerAuthIsCompatibleWithKafkaClient39() {
+        Map<String, String> configs = new HashMap<>();
+        configs.put("bearer.auth.credentials.source", "OAUTHBEARER");
+        configs.put("bearer.auth.issuer.endpoint.url", "https://issuer.example/token");
+        configs.put("bearer.auth.client.id", "registry-api");
+        configs.put("bearer.auth.client.secret", "secret");
+
+        CachedSchemaCoderProvider provider = initCachedSchemaCoderProvider(configs);
+        BearerAuthCredentialProvider bearerAuthCredentialProvider =
+                getBearerAuthFromProvider(provider);
+
+        assertThat(bearerAuthCredentialProvider).isNotNull();
+    }
+
     private String getAbsolutePath(String path) throws URISyntaxException {
         return CachedSchemaCoderProviderTest.class.getResource(path).toURI().getPath();
     }
diff --git a/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE b/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
index 239d7f3100f9b..b78031eae6ae9 100644
--- a/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
+++ b/flink-formats/flink-sql-avro-confluent-registry/src/main/resources/META-INF/NOTICE
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ This project bundles the following dependencies under the Apache Software Licens
 - com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.21.3
 - com.google.guava:guava:32.0.1-jre
 - commons-io:commons-io:2.15.1
-- io.confluent:common-utils:7.5.3
-- io.confluent:kafka-schema-registry-client:7.5.3
+- io.confluent:common-utils:7.9.8
+- io.confluent:kafka-schema-registry-client:7.9.8
 - org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.5
 - org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.26.0
 - org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.18.0
-- org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:7.5.3-ccs
+- org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:7.9.8-ccs
 - org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.10.7
 - org.yaml:snakeyaml:2.3