diff --git a/modules/virtualization/pom.xml b/modules/virtualization/pom.xml
index a65c071f..4dcf426f 100644
--- a/modules/virtualization/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/virtualization/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 		<commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
 		<commons-beanutils.version>1.9.4</commons-beanutils.version>
 		<jackson-databind.version>2.13.4.2</jackson-databind.version>
-		<spring-kafka.version>3.1.0</spring-kafka.version>
+		<spring-kafka.version>4.0.0</spring-kafka.version>
 		<kafka-clients-version>2.8.1</kafka-clients-version>
 		<spring-integration-kafka.version>5.5.6</spring-integration-kafka.version>
 		<spring.boot.mq.version>2.7.14</spring.boot.mq.version>