diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0f25f34d67..6fbe81f27f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     <picocli.version>4.6.3</picocli.version>
 
     <!-- Confluent API / client -->
-    <confluent.version>7.6.2</confluent.version>
+    <confluent.version>7.7.0</confluent.version>
 
     <!-- Default Quarkus configuration profile -->
     <quarkus.profile>dev</quarkus.profile>
diff --git a/utils/exportConfluent/pom.xml b/utils/exportConfluent/pom.xml
index 5581b113b9..186abd9c39 100644
--- a/utils/exportConfluent/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/exportConfluent/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-schema-registry-client</artifactId>
-      <version>7.6.2</version>
+      <version>7.7.0</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>