From 38fc9325b761a7ab0570f9fb63fd30a042fc00b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2026 03:03:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] build(deps): bump org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 3.9.1
 to 4.2.0

Bumps org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 3.9.1 to 4.2.0.

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients
  dependency-version: 4.2.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-major
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 226164bfc..d75c399c6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <testcontainer.version>2.0.3</testcontainer.version>
         <mockwebserver.version>5.3.2</mockwebserver.version>
         <!-- Dependencies -->
-        <kafka.version>3.9.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>4.2.0</kafka.version>
         <picocli.version>4.7.7</picocli.version>
         <jackson.version>2.18.3</jackson.version>
         <jinjava.version>2.8.3</jinjava.version>