diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81232e3..b643831 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.2</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>