diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f36eb5d3..94587a21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <logback.version>1.5.26</logback.version>
     <socketio.version>2.1.2</socketio.version>
     <javafaker.version>1.0.2</javafaker.version>
-    <kafka.version>4.2.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>4.3.0</kafka.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.20.0</commons-lang3.version>
     <nats.version>2.25.1</nats.version>
     <micrometer-bom.version>1.16.2</micrometer-bom.version>