diff --git a/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/pom.xml
index 4446e5b489..1df7d33e5b 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-reporter-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <ant-contrib.version>1.0b3</ant-contrib.version>
         <ant-nodeps.version>1.8.1</ant-nodeps.version>
 
-        <kafka-clients.version>2.4.1</kafka-clients.version>
+        <kafka-clients.version>3.8.0</kafka-clients.version>
         <spring-kafka-test.version>2.4.6.RELEASE</spring-kafka-test.version>
     </properties>