diff --git a/bom/application/pom.xml b/bom/application/pom.xml
index 63d6e2d36e469..8bcd03e5dab4c 100644
--- a/bom/application/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/application/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         <jboss-logging.version>3.4.1.Final</jboss-logging.version>
         <mutiny.version>0.15.0</mutiny.version>
         <mutiny-vertx.version>2.3.0</mutiny-vertx.version>
-        <kafka2.version>2.7.0</kafka2.version>
+        <kafka2.version>2.8.0</kafka2.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.5.7</zookeeper.version>
         <!-- Scala is used by Kafka so we need to choose a compatible version -->
         <scala.version>2.12.13</scala.version>