diff --git a/.github/workflows/bin/deploy-multi.sh b/.github/workflows/bin/deploy-multi.sh
index 5d5dfb9..3829b0a 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/bin/deploy-multi.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/bin/deploy-multi.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-KAFKA_VERSIONS="3.5.1 3.6.0 3.6.1 3.7.0 3.7.1 3.8.0"
+KAFKA_VERSIONS="3.5.1 3.6.0 3.6.1 3.7.0 3.7.1 3.8.0 3.8.1"
 CURRENT_VERSION="$(grep '<version>' pom.xml | head -1 | sed -re 's/[[:space:]]*<version>(.*)<\/version>[[:space:]]*/\1/')"
 
 cp pom.xml pom.xml.old
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index de13df8..056cc69 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ match.
 
 The following Kafka versions are supported at the moment:
 
+* 3.8.1
 * 3.8.0
 * 3.7.1
 * 3.7.0
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b3e2166..8190544 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <kafka.version>3.8.0</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.8.1</kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>