diff --git a/athena-kafka/pom.xml b/athena-kafka/pom.xml
index 145d93be6c..95d0578add 100644
--- a/athena-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/athena-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-avro-serializer</artifactId>
-            <version>7.6.2</version>
+            <version>7.7.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>