diff --git a/kafka/pom.xml b/kafka/pom.xml
index 1e9c209..b7b9e8a 100644
--- a/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
       <artifactId>pekko-stream_3</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.0</version>
+      <version>1.7.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>