diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 898f488b0..4dc6e7166
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>3.6.1</version>
+      <version>3.7.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>net.mguenther.kafka</groupId>