diff --git a/confluent-kafka.yaml b/confluent-kafka.yaml
index 0c0fc843db3..55691bb32ef 100644
--- a/confluent-kafka.yaml
+++ b/confluent-kafka.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ package:
   # with the `version:` field.
   # 2. Created a new variable `mangled-package-version` to append `-ccs` to the
   # version.
-  version: "8.1.0.11"
-  epoch: 1
+  version: "8.1.0.17"
+  epoch: 0
   description: Community edition of Confluent Kafka.
   copyright:
     - license: Apache-2.0
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var-transforms:
 pipeline:
   - uses: git-checkout
     with:
-      expected-commit: 91dadb1e377fa832e7d57b6fbf6c15048ed3a572
+      expected-commit: e314b95fc5a60196c56e77d317e774365e4073ce
       repository: https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka
       tag: v${{vars.mangled-package-version}}