diff --git a/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-kafka-client/pom.xml b/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-kafka-client/pom.xml
index 63e8bf912..8026edf09 100644
--- a/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-kafka-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-kafka-client/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>3.8.0</version>
+            <version>3.8.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Vert.x mutiny Core -->