diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7d516be..1b188ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <gson.version>2.2.4</gson.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.7.2</zookeeper.version>
         <confluent.version>6.2.0</confluent.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.5.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>5.3.0-ccs</kafka.version>
         <kstream.version>2.5.0</kstream.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.5</jacoco.version>
         <maven-shader.version>3.2.4</maven-shader.version>