diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21da15c..7c63136 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
     <!-- connector SDK version -->
     <version.connector-core>0.10.0</version.connector-core>
-    <version.connector-runtime>0.20.3</version.connector-runtime>
+    <version.connector-runtime>0.21.0</version.connector-runtime>
 
     <!-- external libraries -->
     <version.assertj>3.24.2</version.assertj>