diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 31ad750e..0e3691b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
       - uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5.0.0
         with:
-          python-version: '3.7'
+          python-version: '3.12'
       - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
         working-directory: ./integration/test_consumer/
       - name: Build the stack
diff --git a/integration/test_consumer/requirements.txt b/integration/test_consumer/requirements.txt
index 073ab6c5..2cba052b 100644
--- a/integration/test_consumer/requirements.txt
+++ b/integration/test_consumer/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 certifi==2024.7.4
 chardet==4.0.0
-confluent-kafka==1.7.0
+confluent-kafka==2.5.0
 idna==3.7
-requests==2.31.0
+requests==2.32.2
 urllib3==1.26.19