diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 60fcb6b..b6c94f1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ![Lint Code Base] ![Molecule]
 
-Ansible role to install and configure [Apache Kafka] 3.5.1
+Ansible role to install and configure [Apache Kafka] 3.5.2
 
 [Apache Kafka] is a distributed event streaming platform using publish-subscribe
 topics. Applications and streaming components can produce and consume messages
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ See <https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/71528> for more information.
 | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | kafka_download_base_url                        | <https://downloads.apache.org/kafka> |                                                                  |
 | kafka_download_validate_certs                  | yes                                  |                                                                  |
-| kafka_version                                  | 3.5.1                                |                                                                  |
+| kafka_version                                  | 3.5.2                                |                                                                  |
 | kafka_scala_version                            | 2.13                                 |                                                                  |
 | kafka_create_user_group                        | true                                 |                                                                  |
 | kafka_user                                     | kafka                                |                                                                  |
diff --git a/defaults/main/001-kafka.yml b/defaults/main/001-kafka.yml
index c157b04..9ae0e30 100644
--- a/defaults/main/001-kafka.yml
+++ b/defaults/main/001-kafka.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 ---
 # The Apache Kafka version to be downloaded and installed
 # kafka_download_base_url should be set to https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka/ for older versions than the current
-kafka_download_base_url: https://downloads.apache.org/kafka
+kafka_download_base_url: https://archive.apache.org/dist/kafka
 kafka_download_validate_certs: yes
-kafka_version: 3.5.1
+kafka_version: 3.5.2
 kafka_scala_version: 2.13
 
 # The kafka user and group to create files/dirs with and for running the kafka service
diff --git a/molecule/default/verify.yml b/molecule/default/verify.yml
index eeacc52..ab5cfeb 100644
--- a/molecule/default/verify.yml
+++ b/molecule/default/verify.yml
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@
           - "'kafka' in getent_passwd"
           - "'kafka' in getent_group"
 
-    - name: Register '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.1' installation directory status
+    - name: Register '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.2' installation directory status
       ansible.builtin.stat:
-        path: '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.1'
+        path: '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.2'
       register: install_dir
 
-    - name: Assert that '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.1' directory is created
+    - name: Assert that '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.2' directory is created
       ansible.builtin.assert:
         that:
           - install_dir.stat.exists
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         that:
           - kafka_dir.stat.exists
           - kafka_dir.stat.islnk
-          - kafka_dir.stat.lnk_target == '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.1'
+          - kafka_dir.stat.lnk_target == '/opt/kafka_2.13-3.5.2'
 
     - name: Register '/var/log/kafka' directory status
       ansible.builtin.stat: