diff --git a/core-services/egov-user/pom.xml b/core-services/egov-user/pom.xml
index 85d109ee8bc..fdbd9dc1045 100644
--- a/core-services/egov-user/pom.xml
+++ b/core-services/egov-user/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.1</version>
+            <version>4.2.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>