diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 57a06fa..3a29244 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafka.version>3.6.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.6.1</kafka.version>
         <kafka.scala.version>2.13</kafka.scala.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>no.shhsoft</groupId>
             <artifactId>k3a-embedded</artifactId>
-            <version>0.5.1+${kafka.version}</version>
+            <version>0.5.2+${kafka.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>