[Snyk] Security upgrade org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients from 2.1.1 to 2.8.1

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Snyk has created this PR to fix one or more vulnerable packages in the `maven` dependencies of this project.

Changes included in this PR

• Changes to the following files to upgrade the vulnerable dependencies to a fixed version:
  • pom.xml

Vulnerabilities that will be fixed

With an upgrade:

Severity	Priority Score (*)	Issue	Upgrade	Breaking Change	Exploit Maturity
	626/1000 Why? Recently disclosed, Has a fix available, CVSS 6.8	Timing Attack SNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHEKAFKA-1540737	org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients: 2.1.1 -> 2.8.1	No	No Known Exploit

(*) Note that the real score may have changed since the PR was raised.

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