diff --git a/confluent-kafka.yaml b/confluent-kafka.yaml
index aca89dcfa7a..1c5e21fbe4f 100644
--- a/confluent-kafka.yaml
+++ b/confluent-kafka.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ package:
   # with the `version:` field.
   # 2. Created a new variable `mangled-package-version` to append `-ccs` to the
   # version.
-  version: "8.1.0.25"
+  version: "8.1.0.27"
   epoch: 0
   description: Community edition of Confluent Kafka.
   copyright:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var-transforms:
 pipeline:
   - uses: git-checkout
     with:
-      expected-commit: 3543bbfd11640b4ae624965ea8166e08e21cdc97
+      expected-commit: c93a7e60acda2f0e89fffcf8accb46f7f4033210
       repository: https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka
       tag: v${{vars.mangled-package-version}}