diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
index aa76d208d..31acf89e2 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>4.1.1</version> <!-- Supports >= 3.0.0 -->
+            <version>4.2.0</version> <!-- Supports >= 3.0.0 -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
index 92e472936..aa47bce51 100644
--- a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     </description>
 
     <properties>
-        <kafka-clients.version>4.1.1</kafka-clients.version>
+        <kafka-clients.version>4.2.0</kafka-clients.version>
         <avro.version>1.12.1</avro.version>
         <protobuf.version>4.33.4</protobuf.version>
         <lambda-serialization.version>1.3.1</lambda-serialization.version>