diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 102a2cd2..4ad75360 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val pureconfig            = "com.github.pureconfig"      %% "pureconfig"              % "0.17.1"
   val scalaCollectionCompat = "org.scala-lang.modules"     %% "scala-collection-compat" % "2.6.0"
 
-  val embeddedKafka = "io.github.embeddedkafka" %% "embedded-kafka" % "2.8.1"  % Test
+  val embeddedKafka = "io.github.embeddedkafka" %% "embedded-kafka" % "3.0.0"  % Test
   val scalaTest     = "org.scalatest"           %% "scalatest"      % "3.2.10" % Test
 
   val core = Akka.base ++ Cats.all ++ Refined.all ++ Seq(