diff --git a/examples/datazone-msk-governance/resources/flink/pom.xml b/examples/datazone-msk-governance/resources/flink/pom.xml
index c68cc9806..704742d7c 100644
--- a/examples/datazone-msk-governance/resources/flink/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/datazone-msk-governance/resources/flink/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>3.7.1</version>
+            <version>3.9.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>