diff --git a/super/pom.xml b/super/pom.xml
index f54989abe6..22250338de 100644
--- a/super/pom.xml
+++ b/super/pom.xml
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
     <postgresql.version>42.7.2</postgresql.version>
     <jakarta.xml.soap-api.version>3.0.1</jakarta.xml.soap-api.version>
     <!-- to avoid conflicts with spring-kafka-test the older kafka version 2.4.1 is used-->
-    <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.6.1</kafka.version>
     <avro.version>1.11.4</avro.version>
-    <spring.kafka.version>3.3.1</spring.kafka.version>
+    <spring.kafka.version>3.1.4</spring.kafka.version>
     <!-- spring-kafka-test needs a 2.12 version of the scala libraries -->
     <scala.lang.version>2.13.12</scala.lang.version>
     <lombok.version>1.18.32</lombok.version>