diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e026ad..33a88ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-protobuf-provider</artifactId>
-      <version>7.0.1</version>
+      <version>7.6.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>