diff --git a/solutions/kafka-mm2-heartbeat-consumer/pom.xml b/solutions/kafka-mm2-heartbeat-consumer/pom.xml
index ba6ceb0..58305fa 100644
--- a/solutions/kafka-mm2-heartbeat-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/solutions/kafka-mm2-heartbeat-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.1</version>
+      <version>3.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>