diff --git a/post-processing-service/build.gradle b/post-processing-service/build.gradle
index 705979a74..71fec4951 100644
--- a/post-processing-service/build.gradle
+++ b/post-processing-service/build.gradle
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies {
     developmentOnly 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools'
 
     implementation 'org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka:3.3.1'
-    implementation 'org.apache.kafka:connect-api:3.9.1'
+    implementation 'org.apache.kafka:connect-api:4.2.0'
 
     implementation 'jakarta.persistence:jakarta.persistence-api:3.1.0'
     implementation 'com.microsoft.sqlserver:mssql-jdbc:12.3.0.jre17-preview'