diff --git a/bucket/kafka.json b/bucket/kafka.json
index 1b6aafc43e..76e04be7e9 100644
--- a/bucket/kafka.json
+++ b/bucket/kafka.json
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
-    "version": "3.6.0",
+    "version": "3.6.1",
     "description": "Apache Kafka. A distributed streaming platform.",
     "homepage": "https://kafka.apache.org/",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
     "suggest": {
         "JDK": "java/openjdk"
     },
-    "url": "https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/3.6.0/kafka_2.12-3.6.0.tgz",
-    "hash": "sha1:44930cd44f7b88126b0b4fa60925f619e9f104b4",
-    "extract_dir": "kafka_2.12-3.6.0",
+    "url": "https://downloads.apache.org/kafka/3.6.1/kafka_2.12-3.6.1.tgz",
+    "hash": "sha1:309523a38157f30aad7caf834be5e3f1ff613733",
+    "extract_dir": "kafka_2.12-3.6.1",
     "bin": [
         "bin\\windows\\connect-distributed.bat",
         "bin\\windows\\connect-standalone.bat",