diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index 5111ae1fe5..0cbaf3cf4d 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
     <juniversalchardet.version>2.5.0</juniversalchardet.version>
     <junrar.version>7.5.5</junrar.version>
     <jwarc.version>0.31.1</jwarc.version>
-    <kafka.version>4.0.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>4.2.0</kafka.version>
     <libpst.version>0.9.3</libpst.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.24.3</log4j2.version>
     <!-- can't update to 10, needs jdk21 -->