diff --git a/src/jvm/knet/pom.xml b/src/jvm/knet/pom.xml
index 1cfbea22a..626d81ece 100644
--- a/src/jvm/knet/pom.xml
+++ b/src/jvm/knet/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 		<classpathfile>${basedir}/classpathfile.classpath</classpathfile>
-		<kafkaVersion>3.8.0</kafkaVersion>
+		<kafkaVersion>3.8.1</kafkaVersion>
 		<knetVersion>2.8.1.0</knetVersion>
 		<jcobridgepath>../../../bin/net8.0/JCOBridge.jar</jcobridgepath>
 		<jnetpath>../../../bin/net8.0/jars/jnet-2.5.9.0.jar</jnetpath>
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-			<version>3.23.4</version>
+			<version>3.25.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>io.netty</groupId>