diff --git a/scala/serving/pom.xml b/scala/serving/pom.xml
index 3088e1b368f..a97df352ff9 100644
--- a/scala/serving/pom.xml
+++ b/scala/serving/pom.xml
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7.1</version>
+            <version>3.9.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>