diff --git a/polling-publisher/pom.xml b/polling-publisher/pom.xml
index 2e5f7e8f35cb..6ed0e8545fb9 100644
--- a/polling-publisher/pom.xml
+++ b/polling-publisher/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>3.3.2</version>
+            <version>3.3.16</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>