diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml
index a84f7d959e..33905caad8 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 instruments = [
-  "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, < 2.0.0",
+  "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.1.1",
 ]
 test = [
   "opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka[instruments]",
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/package.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/package.py
index eab664d9ee..2ca0d58b04 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/package.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/confluent_kafka/package.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 
-_instruments = ("confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, < 2.0.0",)
+_instruments = ("confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, <= 2.1.1",)