diff --git a/scripts/make-rules/common-versions.mk b/scripts/make-rules/common-versions.mk
index 020a7da2d..04d062ce8 100644
--- a/scripts/make-rules/common-versions.mk
+++ b/scripts/make-rules/common-versions.mk
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ COMMENT_LANG_DETECTOR_VERSION ?= latest
 STANDARDIZER_VERSION ?= latest
 GO_TESTS_VERSION ?= v1.6.0
 GO_APIDIFF_VERSION ?= v0.8.2
-KAFKACTL_VERSION ?= v4.0.0
+KAFKACTL_VERSION ?= latest
 
 WIRE_VERSION ?= latest
 # WIRE_VERSION ?= $(call get_go_version,github.com/google/wire)