Update `org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients` to version `3.7.1` (#2697)
diff --git a/log4j-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
index 8fa7901..bdd890e 100644
--- a/log4j-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-parent/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
<junit-jupiter.version>5.10.3</junit-jupiter.version>
<junit-pioneer.version>1.9.1</junit-pioneer.version>
- <kafka.version>3.7.0</kafka.version>
+ <kafka.version>3.7.1</kafka.version>
<lightcouch.version>0.2.0</lightcouch.version>
<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
<log4j2-cachefile-transformer.version>2.15.0</log4j2-cachefile-transformer.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5d34c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_kafka_kafka_clients.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+ xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+ xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+ type="updated">
+ <issue id="2697" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/2697"/>
+ <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients` to version `3.7.1`</description>
+</entry>
