diff --git a/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml b/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
index 7ac1becfb3..bb84a25678 100644
--- a/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
+++ b/_includes/tutorials/custom-connector/confluent/code/pom.xml
@@ -38,19 +38,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>connect-api</artifactId>
-            <version>3.4.0</version>
+            <version>3.9.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.7</version>
+            <version>2.0.17</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.7</version>
+            <version>2.0.17</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
-                <version>0.11.1</version>
+                <version>0.12.0</version>
                 <artifactId>kafka-connect-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>