diff --git a/kates/pom.xml b/kates/pom.xml
index 94521330..21055b58 100644
--- a/kates/pom.xml
+++ b/kates/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <quarkus.platform.group-id>io.quarkus.platform</quarkus.platform.group-id>
         <quarkus.platform.version>3.20.6</quarkus.platform.version>
         <surefire-plugin.version>3.6.0</surefire-plugin.version>
-        <kafka.version>3.9.2</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.4.0</kafka.version>
         <lz4.version>1.12.0</lz4.version>
         <snappy.version>1.1.10.10</snappy.version>
         <zstd.version>1.5.7-21</zstd.version>