diff --git a/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml b/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml
index 24575d447..24816a5db 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml
+++ b/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     - set_fact:
         zookeeperServers: "{{ groups['zookeeper'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['ansible_default_ipv4', 'address']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:2181') | join(',') }}"
         boostrapServers: "{{ groups['kafka'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['private_ip']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:9092') | join(',') }}"
-        kafkaVersion: "2.0.0"
+        kafkaVersion: "3.6.1"
     - debug:
         msg: "zookeeper servers: {{ zookeeperServers }}\nboostrap servers: {{ boostrapServers }}"
     - name: Download Kafka package
diff --git a/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/deploy.yaml b/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/deploy.yaml
index a8d1de38d..b9f632b77 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/deploy.yaml
+++ b/driver-kafka/deploy/hdd-deployment/deploy.yaml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
     - set_fact:
         zookeeperServers: "{{ groups['zookeeper'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['ansible_default_ipv4', 'address']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:2181') | join(',') }}"
         boostrapServers: "{{ groups['kafka'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['private_ip']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:9092') | join(',') }}"
-        kafkaVersion: "2.8.1"
+        kafkaVersion: "3.6.1"
     - debug:
         msg: "zookeeper servers: {{ zookeeperServers }}\nboostrap servers: {{ boostrapServers }}"
     - name: Download Kafka package
diff --git a/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml b/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml
index 24575d447..24816a5db 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml
+++ b/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/alicloud/deploy.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     - set_fact:
         zookeeperServers: "{{ groups['zookeeper'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['ansible_default_ipv4', 'address']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:2181') | join(',') }}"
         boostrapServers: "{{ groups['kafka'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['private_ip']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:9092') | join(',') }}"
-        kafkaVersion: "2.0.0"
+        kafkaVersion: "3.6.1"
     - debug:
         msg: "zookeeper servers: {{ zookeeperServers }}\nboostrap servers: {{ boostrapServers }}"
     - name: Download Kafka package
diff --git a/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/deploy.yaml b/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/deploy.yaml
index 6a1e502bb..d02ce5dda 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/deploy.yaml
+++ b/driver-kafka/deploy/ssd-deployment/deploy.yaml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     - set_fact:
         zookeeperServers: "{{ groups['zookeeper'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['ansible_default_ipv4', 'address']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:2181') | join(',') }}"
         bootstrapServers: "{{ groups['kafka'] | map('extract', hostvars, ['private_ip']) | map('regex_replace', '^(.*)$', '\\1:9092') | join(',') }}"
-        kafkaVersion: "3.2.1"
+        kafkaVersion: "3.6.1"
       tags: [client-code]
     - debug:
         msg: "zookeeper servers: {{ zookeeperServers }}\nbootstrap servers: {{ bootstrapServers }}"
diff --git a/driver-kafka/pom.xml b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
index 176bdfff4..83324ab5c 100644
--- a/driver-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/driver-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>3.2.1</version>
+            <version>3.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>