diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5e29ed5792518..acebec1e2ec3e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <!-- Version used for internal directory structure -->
     <hive.version.short>2.3</hive.version.short>
     <!-- note that this should be compatible with Kafka brokers version 0.10 and up -->
-    <kafka.version>3.2.0</kafka.version>
+    <kafka.version>3.2.1</kafka.version>
     <!-- After 10.15.1.3, the minimum required version is JDK9 -->
     <derby.version>10.14.2.0</derby.version>
     <parquet.version>1.12.3</parquet.version>