spring-kafka 2.8.3 (due Feb 21) will be compatible with this new 3.1.0 Kafka version; the next Boot 2.7 milestone can therefore use it.
https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-kafka/commit/dd64db8ba5fb5d8a41c75d694e19c9ee7a17b240
Comment From: garyrussell
2.8.3-SNAPSHOT is available with this change.
Comment From: DRoppelt
Seeing that spring-kafka 2.8.X is compatible with spring boot 2.6.X according to the compatibility matrix here: https://spring.io/projects/spring-kafka
Will this change also be compatible with the next spring boot 2.6.X?
Since there are changes to make spring-kafka 2.8.X compatible with 3.1.0, we might have a problem as boot 2.6.X ships 3.0.0?
Comment From: snicoll
The change is backward compatible. Both 2.6.x and 2.7.x are building against Spring Kafka 2.8.3-SNAPSHOT and we won't upgrade to Kafka 3.1.0 in 2.6.x.