diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 5a68d9d..ef288ff 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafkaconnect.version>3.4.1</kafkaconnect.version>
+        <kafkaconnect.version>8.0.0-997-ce</kafkaconnect.version>
         <pemja.version>0.4.1</pemja.version>
         <sl4j.version>1.7.30</sl4j.version>
         <pcj.version>1.0.0</pcj.version>
         <rest.assured.version>5.3.0</rest.assured.version>
         <common.io.version>2.14.0</common.io.version>
         <jinjava.version>2.7.0</jinjava.version>
-        <kafka.compile.version>3.7.1</kafka.compile.version>
+        <kafka.compile.version>8.0.0-997-ce</kafka.compile.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.18.3</testcontainers.version>
         <junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.22</lombok.version>
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>connect-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.1</version>
+            <version>8.0.0-997-ce</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.hubspot.jinjava</groupId>