diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 7966ece0e..a3b598d36 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ micronaut-docs = "2.0.0"
 micronaut-gradle-plugin = "4.1.2"
 
 # Required to keep catalog compatibility with 3.4.x.  Can be removed for 4.0.0
-managed-kafka-compat = "3.5.1"
+managed-kafka-compat = "3.6.0"
 managed-kafka = '3.6.0'
 
 groovy = "4.0.15"