diff --git a/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml b/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml
index 6f3b3599..89687c42 100644
--- a/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka/hbase-kafka-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <description>Proxy that forwards HBase replication events to a Kafka broker</description>
   <properties>
     <collections.version>4.1</collections.version>
-    <kafka-clients.version>2.0.0</kafka-clients.version>
+    <kafka-clients.version>3.9.2</kafka-clients.version>
     <curator.version>4.2.0</curator.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>