diff --git a/instrumentation/kafka-clients-metrics-3.7.0/build.gradle b/instrumentation/kafka-clients-metrics-3.7.0/build.gradle
index e5694cc339..fcff87fdf4 100644
--- a/instrumentation/kafka-clients-metrics-3.7.0/build.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/kafka-clients-metrics-3.7.0/build.gradle
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jar {
 }
 
 verifyInstrumentation {
-    passesOnly 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:[3.7.0,)'
+    passesOnly 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:[3.7.0,3.9.0)'
 }
 
 site {