diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index 3b450795f92e..bead84ec3c71 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ bom {
 			]
 		}
 	}
-	library("Spring Kafka", "2.8.6") {
+	library("Spring Kafka", "2.8.7-SNAPSHOT") {
 		prohibit("[3.0.0-M1,)") {
 			because "it uses Spring Framework 6"
 		}