diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-rsocket/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-rsocket/pom.xml
index 684f7d0fc..aaf00ce00 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-rsocket/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-rsocket/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>4.2.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- end Kafka -->
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-stream/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-stream/pom.xml
index 8e9ba5b37..cc7b51f30 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-stream/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-samples/function-sample-cloudevent-stream/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>4.2.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- end Kafka -->
         <dependency>