diff --git a/confluent-kafka.yaml b/confluent-kafka.yaml
index 60ad3aee683..4eaf8509d9a 100644
--- a/confluent-kafka.yaml
+++ b/confluent-kafka.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ package:
   # with the `version:` field.
   # 2. Created a new variable `mangled-package-version` to append `-ccs` to the
   # version.
-  version: 7.9.0.22
+  version: 7.9.0.69
   epoch: 0
   description: Community edition of Confluent Kafka.
   copyright:
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ var-transforms:
 pipeline:
   - uses: git-checkout
     with:
-      expected-commit: a678a62a66d917aa4636a905ac79994469450c2a
+      expected-commit: f8bb9e72b99fd4b472aadc9df349ed3aed2af0e7
       repository: https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka
       tag: v${{vars.mangled-package-version}}