diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ec33d6af2b..14142355db3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
         <!-- Kafka and it's dependencies MUST reflect what the Kafka version uses -->
-        <version.kafka>2.0.1</version.kafka>
+        <version.kafka>3.7.1</version.kafka>
         <version.kafka.scala>2.11</version.kafka.scala>
         <version.curator>2.11.0</version.curator>
         <version.zookeeper>3.4.13</version.zookeeper>
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@
         <skipITs>false</skipITs>
 
         <!-- No debug options by default -->
-        <debug.argline />
+        <debug.argline/>
 
         <!-- No modules options by default -->
-        <modules.argline />
+        <modules.argline/>
     </properties>
 
     <modules>