diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml
index 06f8af3a4..dee4f6e5b 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <kafka.version>3.9.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.9.2</kafka.version>
         <confluent.version>7.6.0</confluent.version>
     </properties>