diff --git a/confluent-kafka.yaml b/confluent-kafka.yaml
index aca89dcfa7a..2e717e044f0 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: "8.1.0.30"
   epoch: 0
   description: Community edition of Confluent Kafka.
   copyright:
@@ -46,14 +46,10 @@ var-transforms:
 pipeline:
   - uses: git-checkout
     with:
-      expected-commit: 3543bbfd11640b4ae624965ea8166e08e21cdc97
+      expected-commit: 348983cdba44e698a2859966c37bf195c084758b
       repository: https://github.com/confluentinc/kafka
       tag: v${{vars.mangled-package-version}}
 
-  - uses: patch
-    with:
-      patches: fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch
-
   - runs: |
       export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF8
 
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
deleted file mode 100644
index d94434c00a0..00000000000
--- a/confluent-kafka/fix-GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9-force-update-common-beanutils.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-From 83c3f16a0ffe35707a7c4526cc8b270274d567c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Debasish Biswas <debasishbsws.dev@gmail.com>
-Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 10:27:19 +0000
-Subject: [PATCH] fix(CVE): Update commons-beanutils transitive dependency to
- 1.11.0 to address GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9
-
-* commons-beanutils is a transitive dependency of commons-validator: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-validator/index.html
-* This patch enforces commons-beanutils version 1.11.0 explicitly to mitigate the CVE.
-* Can be removed once Kafka upstream upgrades commons-validator to a version that depends on commons-beanutils <= 1.11.0.
-  - Current commons-validator version in use: https://github.com/apache/kafka/blob/${{package.version}}/gradle/dependencies.gradle#L60
-  - Future validator versions can be checked for dependency updates: https://github.com/apache/commons-validator/blob/<commons-validator version>/pom.xml#L159-L163 in plugins
-
-Signed-off-by: Debasish Biswas <debasishbsws.dev@gmail.com>
-
-diff --git a/LICENSE-binary b/LICENSE-binary
-index 7456e7fc60..53a311f023 100644
---- a/LICENSE-binary
-+++ b/LICENSE-binary
-@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ This project bundles some components that are also licensed under the Apache
- License Version 2.0:
- 
- - caffeine-3.2.0
--- commons-beanutils-1.9.4
-+- commons-beanutils-1.11.0
- - commons-collections-3.2.2
- - commons-digester-2.1
- - commons-lang3-3.12.0
-diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
-index 1c8e4e2871..36cb21ac88 100644
---- a/build.gradle
-+++ b/build.gradle
-@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ allprojects {
-           // ensure we have a single version in the classpath despite transitive dependencies
-           libs.scalaLibrary,
-           libs.scalaReflect,
--          libs.jacksonAnnotations
-+          libs.jacksonAnnotations,
-+          // Enforce the updated commons-beanutils to address CVE
-+          libs.commonsBeanutils,
-         )
-       }
-     }
-@@ -1074,6 +1076,7 @@ project(':core') {
-     implementation project(':share-coordinator')
- 
-     implementation libs.argparse4j
-+    implementation libs.commonsBeanutils // Explicitly adding commons-beanutils to override transitive dependency
-     implementation libs.commonsValidator
-     implementation libs.jacksonDatabind
-     implementation libs.jacksonDataformatCsv
-diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
-index edde8a4e13..1559af3e12 100644
---- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
-+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
-@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ versions += [
-   caffeine: "3.1.8",
-   bndlib: "7.0.0",
-   checkstyle: project.hasProperty('checkstyleVersion') ? checkstyleVersion : "10.20.2",
-+  commonsBeanutils: "1.11.0", // Added to address CVE GHSA-wxr5-93ph-8wr9
-   commonsValidator: "1.9.0",
-   classgraph: "4.8.173",
-   gradle: "8.14.1",
-@@ -147,6 +148,7 @@ libs += [
-   bndlib:"biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bndlib:$versions.bndlib",
-   caffeine: "com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine:$versions.caffeine",
-   classgraph: "io.github.classgraph:classgraph:$versions.classgraph",
-+  commonsBeanutils: "commons-beanutils:commons-beanutils:$versions.commonsBeanutils",
-   commonsValidator: "commons-validator:commons-validator:$versions.commonsValidator",
-   jacksonAnnotations: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:$versions.jackson",
-   jacksonDatabind: "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:$versions.jackson",
---
-2.49.0
\ No newline at end of file