diff --git a/test/manifest/kafka/kafka-cluster/kafka-cluster.yaml b/test/manifest/kafka/kafka-cluster/kafka-cluster.yaml
index 804541dba..9ae4c9e06 100644
--- a/test/manifest/kafka/kafka-cluster/kafka-cluster.yaml
+++ b/test/manifest/kafka/kafka-cluster/kafka-cluster.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       type: simple
     config:
       auto.create.topics.enable: "false"
-      inter.broker.protocol.version: 3.6
+      inter.broker.protocol.version: 3.7
       offsets.topic.replication.factor: 1
       ssl.cipher.suites: TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
       ssl.enabled.protocols: TLSv1.2