diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9fb7ba43e4..cb2264773d 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,8 +98,9 @@
         <elasticsearch.version>5.0.2</elasticsearch.version>
         <delight-nashorn-sandbox.version>0.2.1</delight-nashorn-sandbox.version>
         <!-- IMPORTANT: If you change the version of the kafka client, make sure to synchronize our overwritten implementation of the
-        org.apache.kafka.common.network.NetworkReceive class in the application module. It addresses the issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4090. -->
-        <kafka.version>2.8.0</kafka.version>
+        org.apache.kafka.common.network.NetworkReceive class in the application module. It addresses the issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4090.
+        Here is the source to track https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/trunk/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network -->
+        <kafka.version>3.2.0</kafka.version>
         <bucket4j.version>4.1.1</bucket4j.version>
         <fst.version>2.57</fst.version>
         <antlr.version>2.7.7</antlr.version>