diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7425f6ac..928f4ea4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		<awaitility.version>4.2.2</awaitility.version>
 		<tyrus.version>2.2.0</tyrus.version>
 		<commons-text.version>1.12.0</commons-text.version>
-		<citrus.kafka.version>4.4.0</citrus.kafka.version>
+		<citrus.kafka.version>4.5.0</citrus.kafka.version>
 		<kafka.clients.version>3.8.0</kafka.clients.version>
 		<kubernetes.client.version>6.13.4</kubernetes.client.version>
 	</properties>