diff --git a/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/jar-module/pom.xml b/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/jar-module/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 5e3bc6eb2..ba4edcca4
--- a/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/jar-module/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/jar-module/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.0</version>
+            <version>3.7.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
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diff --git a/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/pom.xml b/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 88d0c6483..0c2853e2c
--- a/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/accounts/admin-event-listener/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.0</version>
+                <version>3.7.1</version>
             </dependency>
     
         </dependencies>