diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e125801..f3b0ef28 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>connect-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.1</version>
+            <version>3.9.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>