diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b395220..1531480 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api</groupId>
diff --git a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
index 03541c7..54ff7fd 100644
--- a/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snapshot/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
   <!-- {x-version-update-end} -->
 
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index cd465f0..e8d3728 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-      <version>2.8.0</version>
+      <version>2.8.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- [END pubsublite-kafka_java_dependencies] -->
     <!-- [END pubsublite-kafka_install_without_bom] -->