diff --git a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kafka-bundle/pom.xml b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kafka-bundle/pom.xml
index c5bb469ad1d3..82c1394354cc 100644
--- a/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kafka-bundle/pom.xml
+++ b/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-kafka-bundle/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <kafka2.0.version>2.0.0</kafka2.0.version>
-        <kafka2.6.version>2.6.3</kafka2.6.version>
+        <kafka2.6.version>3.7.1</kafka2.6.version>
         <aws-msk-iam-auth.version>1.1.5</aws-msk-iam-auth.version>
     </properties>