diff --git a/payloadbuilder-catalog/pom.xml b/payloadbuilder-catalog/pom.xml
index 8f4fb989..691b2de6 100644
--- a/payloadbuilder-catalog/pom.xml
+++ b/payloadbuilder-catalog/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
 
         <testcontainers-version>2.0.2</testcontainers-version>
-        <kafka-clients.version>3.7.0</kafka-clients.version>
+        <kafka-clients.version>3.9.2</kafka-clients.version>
         <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -164,4 +164,4 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>