diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ee7c739032..9225c68dd7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
     <picocli.version>4.6.3</picocli.version>
 
     <!-- Confluent API / client -->
-    <confluent.version>7.6.2</confluent.version>
+    <confluent.version>7.8.0</confluent.version>
 
     <!-- Default Quarkus configuration profile -->
     <quarkus.profile>dev</quarkus.profile>