diff --git a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
index 5eb79913b..02a52a2f4 100644
--- a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>add-test-source</id>