diff --git a/confluent-kafka.yaml b/confluent-kafka.yaml
index 0c0fc843db3..7f75c91a7a9 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: "8.1.0.23"
+  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: a78b65428d1e953e50b792d064cf9e2baa5b14aa
       repository: https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka
       tag: v${{vars.mangled-package-version}}
 
diff --git a/confluent-kafka/fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch b/confluent-kafka/fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch
index 6450cbf6058..d94434c00a0 100644
--- a/confluent-kafka/fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch
+++ b/confluent-kafka/fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ index 7456e7fc60..53a311f023 100644
 @@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ This project bundles some components that are also licensed under the Apache
  License Version 2.0:
  
- - caffeine-3.1.8
+ - caffeine-3.2.0
 -- commons-beanutils-1.9.4
 +- commons-beanutils-1.11.0
  - commons-collections-3.2.2