diff --git a/.ci/run.sh b/.ci/run.sh
index d6ac5b40..814674b0 100755
--- a/.ci/run.sh
+++ b/.ci/run.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ env
 
 set -ex
 
-export KAFKA_VERSION=2.8.1
+export KAFKA_VERSION=3.3.1
 ./kafka_test_setup.sh
 
-jruby -rbundler/setup -S rspec -fd
-jruby -rbundler/setup -S rspec -fd --tag integration
+bundle exec rspec -fd
+bundle exec rspec -fd --tag integration
 
 ./kafka_test_teardown.sh
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a50fc739..afb54c91 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 import:
-- logstash-plugins/.ci:travis/travis.yml@1.x
\ No newline at end of file
+  - logstash-plugins/.ci:travis/defaults.yml@1.x
+  - logstash-plugins/.ci:travis/exec.yml@1.x
+
+env:
+  jobs:
+    # lock on version 8.x because use of Jackson 2.13.3 available from 8.3.0
+    - ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=8.x DOCKER_ENV=dockerjdk17.env
+    - SNAPSHOT=true ELASTIC_STACK_VERSION=8.x DOCKER_ENV=dockerjdk17.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ebaeeb0..dde620f9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## Unreleased
+  - Changed Kafka client to 3.3.1, requires Logstash >= 8.3.0. 
+  - Deprecated `default` value for setting `client_dns_lookup` forcing to `use_all_dns_ips` when explicitly used.
+    [#130](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-integration-kafka/pull/130)
+
 ## 10.12.0
   - bump kafka client to 2.8.1 [#115](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-integration-kafka/pull/115)
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b6a164bc..3d937de8 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ group "org.logstash.integrations"
 
 sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
 
+// given https://docs.confluent.io/current/installation/versions-interoperability.html matrix
+// Confluent Platform 7.3.x is Apache Kafka 3.3.x
+String confluentKafkaVersion = '7.3.0'
+String apacheKafkaVersion = '3.3.1'
+
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
@@ -42,31 +47,29 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation('io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:6.2.2') {
+    implementation("io.confluent:kafka-avro-serializer:${confluentKafkaVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.kafka', module:'kafka-clients'
     }
-    implementation('io.confluent:kafka-schema-serializer:6.2.2') {
+    implementation("io.confluent:kafka-schema-serializer:${confluentKafkaVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.kafka', module:'kafka-clients'
     }
-    implementation 'io.confluent:common-config:6.2.2'
+    implementation "io.confluent:common-config:${confluentKafkaVersion}"
     implementation 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.0'
-    implementation('io.confluent:kafka-schema-registry-client:6.2.2') {
+    implementation("io.confluent:kafka-schema-registry-client:${confluentKafkaVersion}") {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.kafka', module:'kafka-clients'
     }
-    implementation('org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.12:2.8.1') {
+    implementation("org.apache.kafka:kafka_2.12:${apacheKafkaVersion}") {
         // contains kafka.utils.VerifiableProperties used by kafka-schema-registry-client, explicitly exclude
         // transitive dependencies
         transitive = false
     }
-    implementation 'io.confluent:common-utils:6.2.2'
+    implementation "io.confluent:common-utils:${confluentKafkaVersion}"
     implementation 'javax.ws.rs:javax.ws.rs-api:2.1.1'
     implementation 'org.glassfish.jersey.core:jersey-common:2.33'
-    // given https://docs.confluent.io/current/installation/versions-interoperability.html matrix
-    // Confluent Platform 6.2.x is Apache Kafka 2.8.x
-    implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:2.8.1'
+    implementation "org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:${apacheKafkaVersion}"
     implementation 'com.github.luben:zstd-jni:1.5.2-2'
     implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
-    implementation 'org.lz4:lz4-java:1.7.1'
+    implementation 'org.lz4:lz4-java:1.8.0'
     implementation 'org.xerial.snappy:snappy-java:1.1.8.4'
 }
 task generateGemJarRequiresFile {
diff --git a/docs/index.asciidoc b/docs/index.asciidoc
index af8dc6d6..f11fa9f7 100644
--- a/docs/index.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/index.asciidoc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 :plugin: kafka
 :type: integration
 :no_codec:
-:kafka_client: 2.8.1
+:kafka_client: 3.3.1
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////
 START - GENERATED VARIABLES, DO NOT EDIT!
diff --git a/docs/input-kafka.asciidoc b/docs/input-kafka.asciidoc
index d9537ab7..18db6f0c 100644
--- a/docs/input-kafka.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/input-kafka.asciidoc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 :plugin: kafka
 :type: input
 :default_codec: plain
-:kafka_client: 2.8
-:kafka_client_doc: 25
+:kafka_client: 3.3
+:kafka_client_doc: 33
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////
 START - GENERATED VARIABLES, DO NOT EDIT!
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ IP addresses for a hostname, they will all be attempted to connect to before fai
 connection. If the value is `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only` each entry will be 
 resolved and expanded into a list of canonical names.
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+Starting from Kafka 3 `default` value for `client.dns.lookup` value has been removed.
+If explicitly configured it fallbacks to `use_all_dns_ips`.
+====
+
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-client_id"]
 ===== `client_id` 
 
diff --git a/docs/output-kafka.asciidoc b/docs/output-kafka.asciidoc
index efc5ac41..30950b83 100644
--- a/docs/output-kafka.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/output-kafka.asciidoc
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 :plugin: kafka
 :type: output
 :default_codec: plain
-:kafka_client: 2.8
-:kafka_client_doc: 25
+:kafka_client: 3.3
+:kafka_client_doc: 33
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////
 START - GENERATED VARIABLES, DO NOT EDIT!
@@ -181,6 +181,12 @@ all IP addresses returned for a hostname before failing the connection.
 If set to `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only`, each entry will be 
 resolved and expanded into a list of canonical names.
 
+[NOTE]
+====
+Starting from Kafka 3 `default` value for `client.dns.lookup` value has been removed.
+If explicitly configured it fallbacks to `use_all_dns_ips`.
+====
+
 [id="plugins-{type}s-{plugin}-client_id"]
 ===== `client_id` 
 
diff --git a/kafka_test_setup.sh b/kafka_test_setup.sh
index 25ff1451..76b79ce6 100755
--- a/kafka_test_setup.sh
+++ b/kafka_test_setup.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -ex
 if [ -n "${KAFKA_VERSION+1}" ]; then
   echo "KAFKA_VERSION is $KAFKA_VERSION"
 else
-   KAFKA_VERSION=2.8.1
+   KAFKA_VERSION=3.3.1
 fi
 
 export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true"
@@ -35,19 +35,19 @@ cp spec/fixtures/jaas.config build/confluent_platform/etc/schema-registry
 cp spec/fixtures/pwd build/confluent_platform/etc/schema-registry
 
 echo "Setting up test topics with test data"
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_plain --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_plain_with_headers --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_plain_with_headers_badly --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_snappy --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_lz4 --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic1 --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 2 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic2 --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic3 --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_gzip_topic --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_snappy_topic --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_lz4_topic --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_zstd_topic --zookeeper localhost:2181
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_partitioner_topic --zookeeper localhost:2181
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_plain --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_plain_with_headers --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_plain_with_headers_badly --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_snappy --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic_lz4 --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic1 --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 2 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic2 --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_topic3 --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_gzip_topic --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_snappy_topic --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_lz4_topic --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 1 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_zstd_topic --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --create --partitions 3 --replication-factor 1 --topic logstash_integration_partitioner_topic --bootstrap-server localhost:9092
 curl -s -o build/apache_logs.txt https://s3.amazonaws.com/data.elasticsearch.org/apache_logs/apache_logs.txt
 cat build/apache_logs.txt | build/kafka/bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --topic logstash_integration_topic_plain --broker-list localhost:9092
 cat build/apache_logs.txt | build/kafka/bin/kafka-console-producer.sh --topic logstash_integration_topic_snappy --broker-list localhost:9092 --compression-codec snappy
diff --git a/kafka_test_teardown.sh b/kafka_test_teardown.sh
index 14f94c61..4b8c7507 100755
--- a/kafka_test_teardown.sh
+++ b/kafka_test_teardown.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 set -ex
 
 echo "Unregistering test topics"
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --delete --topic 'logstash_integration_.*'
-build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper localhost:2181 --delete --topic 'topic_avro.*'
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --delete --topic 'logstash_integration_.*'
+build/kafka/bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --delete --topic 'topic_avro.*'
 
 echo "Stopping Kafka broker"
 build/kafka/bin/kafka-server-stop.sh
diff --git a/lib/logstash-integration-kafka_jars.rb b/lib/logstash-integration-kafka_jars.rb
index 2f4a83a6..c62856dd 100644
--- a/lib/logstash-integration-kafka_jars.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash-integration-kafka_jars.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # AUTOGENERATED BY THE GRADLE SCRIPT. DO NOT EDIT.
 
 require 'jar_dependencies'
-require_jar('io.confluent', 'kafka-avro-serializer', '6.2.2')
-require_jar('io.confluent', 'kafka-schema-serializer', '6.2.2')
-require_jar('io.confluent', 'common-config', '6.2.2')
+require_jar('io.confluent', 'kafka-avro-serializer', '7.3.0')
+require_jar('io.confluent', 'kafka-schema-serializer', '7.3.0')
+require_jar('io.confluent', 'common-config', '7.3.0')
 require_jar('org.apache.avro', 'avro', '1.11.0')
-require_jar('io.confluent', 'kafka-schema-registry-client', '6.2.2')
-require_jar('org.apache.kafka', 'kafka_2.12', '2.8.1')
-require_jar('io.confluent', 'common-utils', '6.2.2')
+require_jar('io.confluent', 'kafka-schema-registry-client', '7.3.0')
+require_jar('org.apache.kafka', 'kafka_2.12', '3.3.1')
+require_jar('io.confluent', 'common-utils', '7.3.0')
 require_jar('javax.ws.rs', 'javax.ws.rs-api', '2.1.1')
 require_jar('org.glassfish.jersey.core', 'jersey-common', '2.33')
-require_jar('org.apache.kafka', 'kafka-clients', '2.8.1')
+require_jar('org.apache.kafka', 'kafka-clients', '3.3.1')
 require_jar('com.github.luben', 'zstd-jni', '1.5.2-2')
 require_jar('org.slf4j', 'slf4j-api', '1.7.36')
-require_jar('org.lz4', 'lz4-java', '1.7.1')
+require_jar('org.lz4', 'lz4-java', '1.8.0')
 require_jar('org.xerial.snappy', 'snappy-java', '1.1.8.4')
diff --git a/lib/logstash/inputs/kafka.rb b/lib/logstash/inputs/kafka.rb
index 9662667e..5962d807 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/inputs/kafka.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/inputs/kafka.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::Kafka < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   # IP addresses for a hostname, they will all be attempted to connect to before failing the 
   # connection. If the value is `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only` each entry will be 
   # resolved and expanded into a list of canonical names.
-  config :client_dns_lookup, :validate => ["default", "use_all_dns_ips", "resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only"], :default => "default"
+  # Starting from Kafka 3 `default` value for `client.dns.lookup` value has been removed. If explicitly configured it fallbacks to `use_all_dns_ips`.
+  config :client_dns_lookup, :validate => ["default", "use_all_dns_ips", "resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only"], :default => "use_all_dns_ips"
   # The id string to pass to the server when making requests. The purpose of this
   # is to be able to track the source of requests beyond just ip/port by allowing
   # a logical application name to be included.
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ def initialize(params = {})
   def register
     @runner_threads = []
     @metadata_mode = extract_metadata_level(@decorate_events)
+    reassign_dns_lookup
     @pattern ||= java.util.regex.Pattern.compile(@topics_pattern) unless @topics_pattern.nil?
     check_schema_registry_parameters
   end
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb
index 3acd5b73..a73b9b49 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/kafka.rb
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Kafka < LogStash::Outputs::Base
   # IP addresses for a hostname, they will all be attempted to connect to before failing the 
   # connection. If the value is `resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only` each entry will be 
   # resolved and expanded into a list of canonical names.
-  config :client_dns_lookup, :validate => ["default", "use_all_dns_ips", "resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only"], :default => "default"
+  # Starting from Kafka 3 `default` value for `client.dns.lookup` value has been removed. If explicitly configured it fallbacks to `use_all_dns_ips`.
+  config :client_dns_lookup, :validate => ["default", "use_all_dns_ips", "resolve_canonical_bootstrap_servers_only"], :default => "use_all_dns_ips"
   # The id string to pass to the server when making requests.
   # The purpose of this is to be able to track the source of requests beyond just
   # ip/port by allowing a logical application name to be included with the request
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ def register
       logger.warn("Kafka output is configured with finite retry. This instructs Logstash to LOSE DATA after a set number of send attempts fails. If you do not want to lose data if Kafka is down, then you must remove the retry setting.", :retries => @retries)
     end
 
+    reassign_dns_lookup
 
     @producer = create_producer
     if value_serializer == 'org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer'
diff --git a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/kafka/common.rb b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/kafka/common.rb
index 6b4b3fbd..79e0d4b7 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/kafka/common.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/plugin_mixins/kafka/common.rb
@@ -43,5 +43,13 @@ def set_sasl_config(props)
       props.put("sasl.jaas.config", sasl_jaas_config) unless sasl_jaas_config.nil?
     end
 
+    def reassign_dns_lookup
+      if @client_dns_lookup == "default"
+        @client_dns_lookup = "use_all_dns_ips"
+        logger.warn("client_dns_lookup setting 'default' value is deprecated, forced to 'use_all_dns_ips', please update your configuration")
+        deprecation_logger.deprecated("Deprecated value `default` for `client_dns_lookup` option; use `use_all_dns_ips` instead.")
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 end end end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logstash-integration-kafka.gemspec b/logstash-integration-kafka.gemspec
index 4c1b3d9b..e016218a 100644
--- a/logstash-integration-kafka.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-integration-kafka.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name            = 'logstash-integration-kafka'
-  s.version         = '10.12.0'
+  s.version         = '11.0.0'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache-2.0']
   s.summary         = "Integration with Kafka - input and output plugins"
   s.description     = "This gem is a Logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline "+
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   # Gem dependencies
   s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core-plugin-api", ">= 1.60", "<= 2.99"
-  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core", ">= 6.5.0"
+  s.add_runtime_dependency "logstash-core", ">= 8.3.0"
 
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-codec-json'
   s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-codec-plain'
diff --git a/spec/unit/inputs/kafka_spec.rb b/spec/unit/inputs/kafka_spec.rb
index 267ad8bf..94495577 100644
--- a/spec/unit/inputs/kafka_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/inputs/kafka_spec.rb
@@ -83,6 +83,16 @@
     it "should register" do
       expect { subject.register }.to_not raise_error
     end
+
+    context "when the deprecated `default` is specified" do
+      let(:config) { common_config.merge('client_dns_lookup' => 'default') }
+
+      it 'should fallback `client_dns_lookup` to `use_all_dns_ips`' do
+        subject.register
+
+        expect(subject.client_dns_lookup).to eq('use_all_dns_ips')
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   describe '#running' do
diff --git a/spec/unit/outputs/kafka_spec.rb b/spec/unit/outputs/kafka_spec.rb
index 27cdcd67..1447520f 100644
--- a/spec/unit/outputs/kafka_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/outputs/kafka_spec.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
       expect(kafka.topic_id).to eql 'test'
       expect(kafka.key_serializer).to eql 'org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringSerializer'
     end
+
+    it 'should fallback `client_dns_lookup` to `use_all_dns_ips` when the deprecated `default` is specified' do
+      simple_kafka_config["client_dns_lookup"] = 'default'
+      kafka = LogStash::Outputs::Kafka.new(simple_kafka_config)
+      kafka.register
+
+      expect(kafka.client_dns_lookup).to eq('use_all_dns_ips')
+    end
   end
 
   context 'when outputting messages' do