diff --git a/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh b/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh
index 7b916c2dfaa38..0e6b3bb805af0 100644
--- a/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/linux-aarch64/build_script.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if [[ "${DD_BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
     LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib -lkrb5 -lgssapi_krb5 -llmdb" \
     DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/refs/tags/v{{version}}.tar.gz" \
         VERSION="${kafka_version}" \
-        SHA256="5bd1c46f63265f31c6bfcedcde78703f77d28238eadf23821c2b43fc30be3e25" \
+        SHA256="a2c87186b081e2705bb7d5338d5a01bc88d43273619b372ccb7bb0d264d0ca9f" \
         RELATIVE_PATH="librdkafka-{{version}}" \
         bash install-from-source.sh --enable-sasl --enable-curl
     always_build+=("confluent-kafka")
diff --git a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh
index 45f1441c4f019..79172312b7256 100644
--- a/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/linux-x86_64/build_script.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [[ "${DD_BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
     LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L/usr/local/lib -lkrb5 -lgssapi_krb5 -llmdb" \
     DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/refs/tags/v{{version}}.tar.gz" \
         VERSION="${kafka_version}" \
-        SHA256="5bd1c46f63265f31c6bfcedcde78703f77d28238eadf23821c2b43fc30be3e25" \
+        SHA256="a2c87186b081e2705bb7d5338d5a01bc88d43273619b372ccb7bb0d264d0ca9f" \
         RELATIVE_PATH="librdkafka-{{version}}" \
         bash install-from-source.sh --enable-sasl --enable-curl
     always_build+=("confluent-kafka")
diff --git a/.builders/images/macos/extra_build.sh b/.builders/images/macos/extra_build.sh
index 6a44e330bba5d..09125fb78c429 100644
--- a/.builders/images/macos/extra_build.sh
+++ b/.builders/images/macos/extra_build.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if [[ "${DD_BUILD_PYTHON_VERSION}" == "3" ]]; then
     LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${DD_PREFIX_PATH}/lib -lgssapi_krb5 -llmdb" \
     DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/refs/tags/v{{version}}.tar.gz" \
       VERSION="${kafka_version}" \
-      SHA256="5bd1c46f63265f31c6bfcedcde78703f77d28238eadf23821c2b43fc30be3e25" \
+      SHA256="a2c87186b081e2705bb7d5338d5a01bc88d43273619b372ccb7bb0d264d0ca9f" \
       RELATIVE_PATH="librdkafka-{{version}}" \
       bash install-from-source.sh --prefix="${DD_PREFIX_PATH}" --enable-sasl --enable-curl
 
diff --git a/.builders/images/windows-x86_64/build_script.ps1 b/.builders/images/windows-x86_64/build_script.ps1
index 639d97dd223dd..6ed86086592dd 100644
--- a/.builders/images/windows-x86_64/build_script.ps1
+++ b/.builders/images/windows-x86_64/build_script.ps1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Write-Host "Will build librdkafka $kafka_version"
 Get-RemoteFile `
   -Uri "https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka/archive/refs/tags/v${kafka_version}.tar.gz" `
   -Path "librdkafka-${kafka_version}.tar.gz" `
-  -Hash '5bd1c46f63265f31c6bfcedcde78703f77d28238eadf23821c2b43fc30be3e25'
+  -Hash 'a2c87186b081e2705bb7d5338d5a01bc88d43273619b372ccb7bb0d264d0ca9f'
 7z x "librdkafka-${kafka_version}.tar.gz" -o"C:\"
 7z x "C:\librdkafka-${kafka_version}.tar" -o"C:\librdkafka"
 Remove-Item "librdkafka-${kafka_version}.tar.gz"
diff --git a/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh b/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh
index a6565f0b6bca5..dd836ee59cb84 100755
--- a/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh
+++ b/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential libkrb5-dev wget sof
 # Install librdkafka from source since no binaries are available for the distribution we use on the CI:
 git clone https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka
 cd librdkafka
-git checkout v2.8.0
+git checkout v2.11.1
 sudo ./configure --install-deps --prefix=/usr
 make
 sudo make install
diff --git a/agent_requirements.in b/agent_requirements.in
index 6f9f0b3e0c781..d51e09e4a428e 100644
--- a/agent_requirements.in
+++ b/agent_requirements.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ cachetools==6.2.0
 clickhouse-cityhash==1.0.2.4
 clickhouse-driver==0.2.9
 cm-client==45.0.4
-confluent-kafka==2.8.0
+confluent-kafka==2.11.1
 cryptography==45.0.6
 ddtrace==3.12.3
 dnspython==2.7.0
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/changelog.d/21259.added b/kafka_consumer/changelog.d/21259.added
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8db63da3ea10e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka_consumer/changelog.d/21259.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump `confluent-kafka` to 2.11.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/hatch.toml b/kafka_consumer/hatch.toml
index d23f68513405d..52fa092c58928 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/hatch.toml
+++ b/kafka_consumer/hatch.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # If you bump the `confluent-kafka` version, also bump the `librdkafka` version in the `32_install_kerberos.sh` file
 post-install-commands = [
   "python -m pip uninstall -y confluent-kafka",
-  "python -m pip install --no-binary confluent-kafka confluent-kafka==2.8.0",
+  "python -m pip install --no-binary confluent-kafka confluent-kafka==2.11.1",
 ]
 
 [[envs.default.matrix]]
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/pyproject.toml b/kafka_consumer/pyproject.toml
index bd95fdab63fe3..3c1d8d7988382 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/pyproject.toml
+++ b/kafka_consumer/pyproject.toml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 deps = [
-    "confluent-kafka==2.8.0",
+    "confluent-kafka==2.11.1",
     "fastavro==1.12.0",
     "protobuf==6.32.0",
 ]