diff --git a/plc4j/examples/hello-connectivity-kafka/pom.xml b/plc4j/examples/hello-connectivity-kafka/pom.xml
index bab06f1dc72..bef3c4f33dd 100644
--- a/plc4j/examples/hello-connectivity-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/plc4j/examples/hello-connectivity-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
         <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-        <version>0.10.2.2</version>
+        <version>3.0.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
diff --git a/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml b/plc4j/integrations/apache-kafka/pom.xml
index 0e80b19c9a7..64058970eb6 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>2.8.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.0.0</kafka.version>
     <kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>0.12.0</kafka.connect.maven.plugin.version>
   </properties>