diff --git a/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml b/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
index bb84a256..2c876ede 100644
--- a/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
+++ b/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>connect-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.0</version>
+            <version>4.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->