diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7c96e32..cf1adba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-avro-serializer</artifactId>
-            <version>5.5.15</version>
+            <version>7.7.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>