diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 01a760a77c..5a9335f3a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
     <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>