diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index f1c21e9..c7ce983 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   )
 
   val ProtoConverter: Seq[ModuleID] = List(
-    "io.confluent"        % "kafka-protobuf-serializer" % "7.9.5",
+    "io.confluent"        % "kafka-protobuf-serializer" % "7.9.6",
     "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java-util"        % "3.25.8"
   )