diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index dd7e9ad4b5..25194d1c8a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Kafka", "2.6.0") {
+	library("Kafka", "2.6.1") {
 		group("org.apache.kafka") {
 			modules = [
 				"connect-api",