diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d442f04803..9755a88b73 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ prometheus = ["django-prometheus"]
 kafka = [
   # Pinned because project warns "things might (and will) break with every update"
   "cloudevents==1.11.0",
-  "confluent-kafka>=2.4.0,<2.12.0",
+  "confluent-kafka>=2.4.0,<2.13.0",
 ]
 diagnostics = ["pyinstrument~=5.0", "memray~=1.17"]
 uvloop = ["uvloop>=0.20,<0.22"]