diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83e75b001c..db2ac4fbc2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <ldaptive.version>1.2.3</ldaptive.version>
         <http.commons.version>4.5.13</http.commons.version>
         <cxf.version>3.4.4</cxf.version>
-        <kafka.version>2.5.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.0.0</kafka.version>
         <java-saml.version>2.5.0</java-saml.version>
         <opensaml.version>3.4.5</opensaml.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.14</commons-codec.version>