diff --git a/openig-core/pom.xml b/openig-core/pom.xml
index ebbdd7b0..58fb9197 100644
--- a/openig-core/pom.xml
+++ b/openig-core/pom.xml
@@ -147,8 +147,12 @@
     <dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>kafka_2.13</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.8.2</version>
+	    <version>3.9.1</version>
 	</dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
+      <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.openidentityplatform.commons</groupId>
       <artifactId>json-resource-http</artifactId>