diff --git a/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml b/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml
index c421aad3334..fa80fbb16d4 100644
--- a/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <description>Integration module for integrating PLC4X into Apache Kafka (Kafka-Connect-Plugin)</description>
 
   <properties>
-    <kafka.version>3.2.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>7.1.1-ce</kafka.version>
     <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.12.0</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
   </properties>