diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a8c2a95..cc754658 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Please enumerate all user-facing changes using format `<githib issue/pr number>:
 
 ## 0.8.0
 
+* [#250](https://github.com/kroxylicious/kroxylicious-junit5-extension/pull/250): Bump Apache Kafka to 3.6.1
 * [#248](https://github.com/kroxylicious/kroxylicious-junit5-extension/issues/248): Allow user to bring their own test templating when using KafkaClusterExtension
 * [#244](https://github.com/kroxylicious/kroxylicious-junit5-extension/pull/244): Bump org.testcontainers:testcontainers-bom from 1.19.2 to 1.19.3
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ec71925..c1c09c4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <skipUTs>${skipTests}</skipUTs>
 
         <junit.version>5.10.1</junit.version>
-        <kafka.version>3.6.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.6.1</kafka.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.19.3</testcontainers.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
         <assertj-core.version>3.24.2</assertj-core.version>