diff --git a/athena-msk/pom.xml b/athena-msk/pom.xml
index 6b280f7644..76825b4257 100644
--- a/athena-msk/pom.xml
+++ b/athena-msk/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-protobuf-provider</artifactId>
-            <version>7.7.2</version>
+            <version>7.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>