diff --git a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml
index 22c17bf9609..04eb42f9f4c 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka-ui-e2e-checks/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
         <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
-        <kafka.version>3.3.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.6.1</kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>