diff --git a/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index 90cde0cf2f9..cb176a37890 100644
--- a/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ bom {
 			releaseNotes("https://junit.org/junit5/docs/{version}/release-notes")
 		}
 	}
-	library("Kafka", "4.1.1") {
+	library("Kafka", "4.2.0") {
 		group("org.apache.kafka") {
 			modules = [
 				"connect",