diff --git a/embedded-kafka/pom.xml b/embedded-kafka/pom.xml
index f2970c93a..712e80c65 100644
--- a/embedded-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/embedded-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <artifactId>embedded-kafka</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
-        <camel.version>4.16.0</camel.version>
+        <camel.version>4.17.0</camel.version>
         <!-- https://spring.io/projects/spring-kafka#kafka-client-compatibility Confluent Platform 6.2 provides Kafka 2.8 -->
         <kafka-clients.version>4.1.0</kafka-clients.version>
         <maven-clean-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-clean-plugin.version>