diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index a462aa19bf..5560a64d1a 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Spring Kafka", "2.8.0") {
+	library("Spring Kafka", "2.8.1-SNAPSHOT") {
 		group("org.springframework.kafka") {
 			modules = [
 				"spring-kafka",