Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/feature/SUPPORT-9494_fix' into develop

pom.xml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
     <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.4.4</version>
+    <version>3.4.10</version>
     <relativePath/>
   </parent>
 
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+          <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
+      <version>3.9.1</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>