diff --git a/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonata-aas/pom.xml b/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonata-aas/pom.xml
index ff829593..64259827 100644
--- a/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonata-aas/pom.xml
+++ b/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonata-aas/pom.xml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>3.4.0</version>
+			<version>3.8.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonatamultiple-aas/pom.xml b/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonatamultiple-aas/pom.xml
index aab63999..f910db70 100644
--- a/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonatamultiple-aas/pom.xml
+++ b/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafka-jsonatamultiple-aas/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>3.4.0</version>
+			<version>3.8.0</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafkaproducer/pom.xml b/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafkaproducer/pom.xml
index b3cd3dcb..226803a0 100644
--- a/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafkaproducer/pom.xml
+++ b/databridge.examples/databridge.examples.kafkaproducer/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>3.4.0</version>
+			<version>3.8.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
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