diff --git a/core-services/chatbot/pom.xml b/core-services/chatbot/pom.xml
index 02fbaa38b20..1326f78b6ef 100644
--- a/core-services/chatbot/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/chatbot/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka_2.12</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.1</version>
+            <version>3.7.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients -->
         <dependency>