diff --git a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-sql-client-test/pom.xml b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-sql-client-test/pom.xml
index b1e6942d62d61..91636bffad81d 100644
--- a/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-sql-client-test/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-end-to-end-tests/flink-sql-client-test/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ under the License.
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>3.2.3</version>
+			<version>2.6.3</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ under the License.
 					as we neither access nor package the kafka dependencies -->
 				<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 				<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-				<version>2.2.2</version>
+				<version>2.6.3</version>
 			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>