diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c6de040..893951d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <sonar.projectKey>dropwizard_dropwizard-kubernetes</sonar.projectKey>
 
     <brave.version>6.2.0</brave.version>
-    <fabric8.kubernetes-client.version>5.10.2</fabric8.kubernetes-client.version>
+    <fabric8.kubernetes-client.version>7.3.1</fabric8.kubernetes-client.version>
     <okhttp-client.version>4.12.0</okhttp-client.version>
     <okhttp-metrics.version>0.5.0-rc.1</okhttp-metrics.version>
   </properties>