diff --git a/cluster-api/pom.xml b/cluster-api/pom.xml
index d0e62295b..7bea3c31f 100644
--- a/cluster-api/pom.xml
+++ b/cluster-api/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <!-- the list is sorted-->
         <apache.commons.lang.version>3.17.0</apache.commons.lang.version>
-        <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
         <mockserver.version>5.15.0</mockserver.version>
         <spring-kafka-test.version>3.3.0</spring-kafka-test.version>
     </properties>