diff --git a/.changeset/renovate-149779d.md b/.changeset/renovate-149779d.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58d764485e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/renovate-149779d.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-kafka-backend': patch
+---
+
+Updated dependency `kafkajs` to `^2.0.0`.
diff --git a/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json b/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json
index b78c297586..ab9c515b69 100644
--- a/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json
+++ b/plugins/kafka-backend/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "@types/express": "^4.17.6",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-promise-router": "^4.1.0",
-    "kafkajs": "^1.16.0-beta.6",
+    "kafkajs": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "winston": "^3.2.1"
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2b5e08220d..7036ba99a9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -16844,10 +16844,10 @@ jwt-decode@*, jwt-decode@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/jwt-decode/-/jwt-decode-3.1.2.tgz#3fb319f3675a2df0c2895c8f5e9fa4b67b04ed59"
   integrity sha512-UfpWE/VZn0iP50d8cz9NrZLM9lSWhcJ+0Gt/nm4by88UL+J1SiKN8/5dkjMmbEzwL2CAe+67GsegCbIKtbp75A==
 
-kafkajs@^1.16.0-beta.6:
-  version "1.16.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/kafkajs/-/kafkajs-1.16.0.tgz#bfcc3ae2b69265ca8435b53a01ee9e8787b9fee5"
-  integrity sha512-+Rcfu2hyQ/jv5skqRY8xA7Ra+mmRkDAzCaLDYbkGtgsNKpzxPWiLbk8ub0dgr4EbWrN1Zb4BCXHUkD6+zYfdWg==
+kafkajs@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/kafkajs/-/kafkajs-2.0.2.tgz#cdfc8f57aa4fd69f6d9ca1cce4ee89bbc2a3a1f9"
+  integrity sha512-g6CM3fAenofOjR1bfOAqeZUEaSGhNtBscNokybSdW1rmIKYNwBPC9xQzwulFJm36u/xcxXUiCl/L/qfslapihA==
 
 keyv-memcache@^1.2.5:
   version "1.2.9"