diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cee7f26..bf053c8 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         default: 'single'
       kafka-version:
         type: 'string'
-        default: '3.7'
+        default: '3.8'
     environment:
       STARTER_MODE: <<parameters.topology>>
       DOCKER_IMAGE: <<parameters.docker-img>>
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ workflows:
               jdk:
                 - 'j11'
               kafka-version:
+                - '3.8'
                 - '3.7'
                 - '3.6'
                 - '3.5'
diff --git a/demo/docker-compose.yml b/demo/docker-compose.yml
index 77c17fe..2ac2628 100644
--- a/demo/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/demo/docker-compose.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ version: "2"
 
 services:
   kafka-1:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.8
     ports:
       - '19092:19092'
     environment:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT,CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT
 
   kafka-2:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.8
     ports:
       - '29092:29092'
     environment:
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT,CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT
 
   kafka-3:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.8
     ports:
       - '39092:39092'
     environment:
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP: PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT_HOST:PLAINTEXT,CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT
 
   kafka-connect-1:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.8
     depends_on:
       - kafka-1
       - kafka-2
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ services:
     command: /opt/bitnami/kafka/bin/connect-distributed.sh /tmp/connect-distributed-1.properties
 
   kafka-connect-2:
-    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.7
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/kafka:3.8
     depends_on:
       - kafka-1
       - kafka-2
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5537bda..0aaf6c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
         <confluent.version>7.6.1</confluent.version>
         <arangodb.version>7.7.1</arangodb.version>
         <jackson.version>2.16.2</jackson.version>