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From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:13:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore: bump org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 4.3.1 to
 4.4.0

Bumps org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 4.3.1 to 4.4.0.

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients
  dependency-version: 4.4.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml | 2 +-
 powertools-kafka/pom.xml                   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
index e0282134a..c5024e23e 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.1</version> <!-- Supports >= 3.0.0 -->
+            <version>4.4.0</version> <!-- Supports >= 3.0.0 -->
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>
diff --git a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
index cef06b3e9..a3d634a64 100644
--- a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     </description>
 
     <properties>
-        <kafka-clients.version>4.3.1</kafka-clients.version>
+        <kafka-clients.version>4.4.0</kafka-clients.version>
         <avro.version>1.12.2</avro.version>
         <protobuf.version>4.35.0</protobuf.version>
         <lambda-serialization.version>1.4.1</lambda-serialization.version>