diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2e4741e2b..d4d44a4da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ The project is currently alpha. While no breaking API changes are currently plan
 
 ### Overview
 
-This operator runs a Zookeeper 3.7.0 cluster, and uses Zookeeper dynamic reconfiguration to handle node membership.
+This operator runs a Zookeeper 3.7.1 cluster, and uses Zookeeper dynamic reconfiguration to handle node membership.
 
 The operator itself is built with the [Operator framework](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk).
 
diff --git a/docker/zu/build.gradle.kts b/docker/zu/build.gradle.kts
index 2aa875c81..95e1d874c 100644
--- a/docker/zu/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/docker/zu/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation(kotlin("stdlib"))
-    implementation("org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:3.7.0")
+    implementation("org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:3.7.1")
 }
 
 tasks.withType<ShadowJar>() {