diff --git a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/base/KafkaBrokerExtension.java b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/base/KafkaBrokerExtension.java
index a9a67d9fcf..fd74ecb91b 100644
--- a/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/base/KafkaBrokerExtension.java
+++ b/smallrye-reactive-messaging-kafka/src/test/java/io/smallrye/reactive/messaging/kafka/base/KafkaBrokerExtension.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 public class KafkaBrokerExtension implements BeforeAllCallback, ParameterResolver, CloseableResource {
     public static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(KafkaBrokerExtension.class.getName());
 
-    public static final String KAFKA_VERSION = "latest-kafka-2.8.0";
+    public static final String KAFKA_VERSION = "latest-kafka-3.0.0";
 
     private static boolean started = false;
     static StrimziKafkaContainer kafka;