diff --git a/kroxylicious-kubernetes-api/pom.xml b/kroxylicious-kubernetes-api/pom.xml
index 27af301f4b..4874aea1cd 100644
--- a/kroxylicious-kubernetes-api/pom.xml
+++ b/kroxylicious-kubernetes-api/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <properties>
         <josdk.version>5.2.3</josdk.version>
         <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
-        <fabric8-client.version>7.4.0</fabric8-client.version>
+        <fabric8-client.version>7.6.1</fabric8-client.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.44</lombok.version>
         <errorprone.skip>true</errorprone.skip>
     </properties>