diff --git a/post-processing-service/build.gradle b/post-processing-service/build.gradle
index ea5aa1731..b744e4848 100644
--- a/post-processing-service/build.gradle
+++ b/post-processing-service/build.gradle
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ dependencyManagement {
         dependency 'org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el:11.0.11'
         dependency 'org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket:11.0.11'
         dependency 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.21.1'
-        dependency 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:3.9.2'
+        dependency 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients:4.2.0'
     }
 }