diff --git a/kafka/Dockerfile b/kafka/Dockerfile
index 214dd4d8ab57869926ce502cbabd0bac166515f4..00e1fcd8b213cbb7329a496c5d3b88aacb328073 100644
--- a/kafka/Dockerfile
+++ b/kafka/Dockerfile
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ FROM $REGISTRY/tox as kafka_fetcher
 # retrieve and uncompress kafka application, checking it's the
 # expected archive we retrieve
 ARG SCALA_VERSION=2.13
-ARG KAFKA_VERSION=3.5.2
+ARG KAFKA_VERSION=3.6.2
 ARG KAFKA_APP=kafka_${SCALA_VERSION}-${KAFKA_VERSION}
 ARG TARBALL=${KAFKA_APP}.tgz
-ARG KAFKA_SHA512SUM=229ccc5e3e6b3b9845f59f6e829d70711c5a5a2293f32b6bcabc37350666f874bc7d8f08130f712a1b32915205c10f2847f04908c20d5f7fdb4b62d058c9defe
+ARG KAFKA_SHA512SUM=E5D5935DF6E687898E71E583E8EA376275C6FBAC2E7872E78F7C55AB2528485582362E3778678600C5368384437C1DA6B3D612A748917F4B294C06EA160173EE
 ARG CHECKSUMS=${TARBALL}.sha512
 ARG APACHE_MIRROR_URL=https://dlcdn.apache.org