diff --git a/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-k8s-native/pom.xml b/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-k8s-native/pom.xml
index e904a7ba..8570f837 100644
--- a/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-k8s-native/pom.xml
+++ b/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-k8s-native/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <properties>
         <central.skip>true</central.skip>
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
-        <kafka-clients.version>3.9.0</kafka-clients.version>
+        <kafka-clients.version>4.3.0</kafka-clients.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.3.0</awaitility.version>
         <assertj.version>3.27.7</assertj.version>
         
diff --git a/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml b/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml
index 9e4e3ddf..1edbd6e4 100644
--- a/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml
+++ b/statefun-e2e-tests/statefun-e2e-tests-common/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <artifactId>statefun-e2e-tests-common</artifactId>
 
     <properties>
-        <kafka.version>3.9.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.3.0</kafka.version>
         <central.skip>true</central.skip>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/statefun-kafka-io/pom.xml b/statefun-kafka-io/pom.xml
index a7cbda80..d46a1b02 100644
--- a/statefun-kafka-io/pom.xml
+++ b/statefun-kafka-io/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <properties>
-        <kafka.version>3.9.2</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.3.0</kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <artifactId>statefun-kafka-io</artifactId>