diff --git a/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml
index baf5151fdc..0d9556850c 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/inventory-service/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml
index b6cfb70678..6ef4a9dd8f 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/order-service/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
diff --git a/reactive-systems/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/pom.xml
index b984fc7cd8..d84e07696d 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/pom.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
 
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
-        <artifactId>parent-boot-2</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>parent-boot-3</artifactId>
         <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../parent-boot-2</relativePath>
+        <relativePath>../parent-boot-3</relativePath>
     </parent>
 
     <modules>
@@ -21,4 +21,8 @@
         <module>order-service</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <properties>
+        <spring-kafka.version>3.1.2</spring-kafka.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml b/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml
index 8f94dabdea..888cd08c0c 100644
--- a/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml
+++ b/reactive-systems/shipping-service/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-kafka</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring-kafka.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>