diff --git a/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh b/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh
index 9d87b8beb48f8..a6565f0b6bca5 100755
--- a/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh
+++ b/.ddev/ci/scripts/kafka_consumer/linux/32_install_kerberos.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential libkrb5-dev wget sof
 # Install librdkafka from source since no binaries are available for the distribution we use on the CI:
 git clone https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka
 cd librdkafka
-git checkout v2.6.1
+git checkout v2.8.0
 sudo ./configure --install-deps --prefix=/usr
 make
 sudo make install
diff --git a/kafka_consumer/changelog.d/19370.added b/kafka_consumer/changelog.d/19370.added
index 35c6a716f44ec..17fc2e0dc1d63 100644
--- a/kafka_consumer/changelog.d/19370.added
+++ b/kafka_consumer/changelog.d/19370.added
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Bump version of confluent-kafk to 2.8.0
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+Bump version of `confluent-kafka` to 2.8.0
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