diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index f5bb2b7..2a7678d 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tool.bumpversion]
-current_version = "0.5.12"
+current_version = "0.5.13"
 parse = "(?P<major>\\d+)\\.(?P<minor>\\d+)\\.(?P<patch>\\d+)"
 serialize = ["{major}.{minor}.{patch}"]
 search = "{current_version}"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1714ed5..1eb9d1b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.5.13 (2025-01-07)
+* Upgrade `confluent-kafka` from `v2.6.2` to `v2.7.0` as recommended by authors.
+
 ## 0.5.12 (2024-12-20)
 * Fix dependency name rename `schema-registry` to `schemaregistry`.
 
diff --git a/django_kafka/__init__.py b/django_kafka/__init__.py
index 836c12d..17941e9 100644
--- a/django_kafka/__init__.py
+++ b/django_kafka/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-__version__ = "0.5.12"
+__version__ = "0.5.13"
 
 __all__ = [
     "autodiscover",
diff --git a/example/requirements.txt b/example/requirements.txt
index f601dc1..3f80a98 100644
--- a/example/requirements.txt
+++ b/example/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bump-my-version==0.28.1
-confluent-kafka[avro, schemaregistry]==2.6.2
+confluent-kafka[avro, schemaregistry]==2.7.0
 django==5.1.3
 ruff==0.7.4
 setuptools==75.5.0 # without it PyCharm fails to index packages inside the Docker container
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1f22c91..3a33546 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "django-kafka"
-version = "0.5.12"
+version = "0.5.13"
 dependencies = [
     "django>=4.2,<6.0",
-    "confluent-kafka[avro, schemaregistry]==2.6.2"
+    "confluent-kafka[avro, schemaregistry]==2.7.0"
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 authors = [