diff --git a/apache-kafka/pom.xml b/apache-kafka/pom.xml
index b373d78dd1ba..f3b910901699 100644
--- a/apache-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <kafka.version>2.8.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.2.0</kafka.version>
         <testcontainers-kafka.version>1.15.3</testcontainers-kafka.version>
         <testcontainers-jupiter.version>1.15.3</testcontainers-jupiter.version>
         <flink.version>1.5.0</flink.version>