diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e649f0f..f08429d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,3 +14,5 @@ target
 .nrepl-port
 *.iml
 /.idea
+.lsp/
+.clj-kondo
diff --git a/kafka-producer-consumer-example/project.clj b/kafka-producer-consumer-example/project.clj
index 4362e87..bb9f5f3 100644
--- a/kafka-producer-consumer-example/project.clj
+++ b/kafka-producer-consumer-example/project.clj
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   :url "https://perkss.github.io/#/clojure/KafkaClojure#text-body"
   :dependencies [[environ "1.1.0"]
                  [org.clojure/clojure "1.11.1"]
-                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients "3.6.1"]
-                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka_2.12 "3.6.1"]
+                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients "3.8.0"]
+                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka_2.12 "3.8.0"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.logging "1.2.4"]
                  [org.slf4j/slf4j-log4j12 "2.0.10"]
                  [org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core "2.22.1"]
diff --git a/kafka-streams-example/project.clj b/kafka-streams-example/project.clj
index 1ea25f1..d4c309f 100644
--- a/kafka-streams-example/project.clj
+++ b/kafka-streams-example/project.clj
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
   :url "https://perkss.github.io/#/clojure/KafkaClojure#text-body"
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.11.1"]
                  [org.clojure/data.json "0.2.6"]
-                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-streams "3.6.1"]
-                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients "3.6.1"]
-                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-streams-test-utils "3.6.1"]
-                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients "3.6.1" :classifier "test"]
-                 [io.confluent/kafka-streams-avro-serde "7.3.3"]
+                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-streams "3.8.0"]
+                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients "3.8.0"]
+                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-streams-test-utils "3.8.0"]
+                 [org.apache.kafka/kafka-clients "3.8.0" :classifier "test"]
+                 [io.confluent/kafka-streams-avro-serde "7.7.1"]
                  [org.clojure/tools.logging "1.2.4"]
                  [org.slf4j/slf4j-log4j12 "2.0.10"]
                  [org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core "2.22.1"]