diff --git a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
index 5db727cdc60d9..060638c37c243 100644
--- a/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-connectors/flink-connector-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ under the License.
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<kafka.version>3.2.3</kafka.version>
+		<kafka.version>3.9.1</kafka.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>