diff --git a/pinot-compatibility-verifier/pom.xml b/pinot-compatibility-verifier/pom.xml
index cbccbda41851..a3c3fba0b720 100644
--- a/pinot-compatibility-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-compatibility-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <pinot.root>${basedir}/..</pinot.root>
-    <kafka.lib.version>2.8.1</kafka.lib.version>
+    <kafka.lib.version>7.6.1-ce</kafka.lib.version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-confluent-avro/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-confluent-avro/pom.xml
index b489d28c8937..e6f2a74d9a3f 100644
--- a/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-confluent-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-confluent-avro/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   <url>https://pinot.apache.org/</url>
   <properties>
     <pinot.root>${basedir}/../../..</pinot.root>
-    <kafka.lib.version>2.8.1</kafka.lib.version>
+    <kafka.lib.version>7.6.1-ce</kafka.lib.version>
     <shade.phase.prop>package</shade.phase.prop>
   </properties>
   <repositories>
diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-protobuf/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-protobuf/pom.xml
index 1e504deafd15..9d25020f6795 100644
--- a/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-plugins/pinot-input-format/pinot-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   <url>https://pinot.apache.org/</url>
   <properties>
     <pinot.root>${basedir}/../../..</pinot.root>
-    <kafka.lib.version>2.8.1</kafka.lib.version>
+    <kafka.lib.version>7.6.1-ce</kafka.lib.version>
     <testcontainers.version>1.19.7</testcontainers.version>
     <shade.phase.prop>package</shade.phase.prop>
   </properties>
diff --git a/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-kafka-2.0/pom.xml b/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-kafka-2.0/pom.xml
index 168001f16ff3..205ff9807a5c 100644
--- a/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-kafka-2.0/pom.xml
+++ b/pinot-plugins/pinot-stream-ingestion/pinot-kafka-2.0/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
   <url>https://pinot.apache.org/</url>
   <properties>
     <pinot.root>${basedir}/../../..</pinot.root>
-    <kafka.lib.version>2.8.1</kafka.lib.version>
+    <kafka.lib.version>7.6.1-ce</kafka.lib.version>
     <shade.phase.prop>package</shade.phase.prop>
   </properties>