Appendix A: Override Spring Boot Dependencies

When using Spring for Apache Kafka in a Spring Boot application, the Apache Kafka dependency versions are determined by Spring Boot’s dependency management. If you wish to use a different version of kafka-clients or kafka-streams, and use the embedded kafka broker for testing, you need to override their version used by Spring Boot dependency management; set the kafka.version property.spring-doc.cn

Or, to use a different Spring for Apache Kafka version with a supported Spring Boot version, set the spring-kafka.version property.spring-doc.cn

Or, to use a different Spring for Apache Kafka version with a supported Spring Boot version, set the spring-kafka.version property. For example, 2.9.13 is supported by Spring Boot 2.7.x which brings in 2.8.x by default.spring-doc.cn

Maven
<properties>
    <kafka.version>3.6.0</kafka.version>
    <spring-kafka.version>2.9.13</spring-kafka.version>
</properties>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
</dependency>
<!-- optional - only needed when using kafka-streams -->
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
    <artifactId>kafka-streams</artifactId>
</dependency>

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
    <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<!-- Required for the embedded broker when using 3.6.0 or later with Boot 2.7.x -->
<dependency>
	<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
	<artifactId>kafka-server-common</artifactId>
	<classifier>test</classifier>
	<scope>test</scope>
	<version>${kafka.version}</version>
</dependency>
Gradle
ext['kafka.version'] = '3.6.0'
ext['spring-kafka.version'] = '2.9.13'

dependencies {
    implementation 'org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka'
    implementation 'org.apache.kafka:kafka-streams' // optional - only needed when using kafka-streams
    testImplementation 'org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafka-test'
    // the following is required for the embedded broker when using 3.6.0 or later with Boot 2.7.x
    testImplementation "org.apache.kafka:kafka-server-common:$kafka.version:test"
}

The test scope dependencies are only needed if you are using the embedded Kafka broker in tests.spring-doc.cn