diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 889b8a91a..63f6255be 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Package information">
     <BaseVersionSuffix></BaseVersionSuffix>
-    <BaseVersion>4.1.2$(BaseVersionSuffix)</BaseVersion>
+    <BaseVersion>4.2.0$(BaseVersionSuffix)</BaseVersion>
     <DatabasePackagesRevision>1</DatabasePackagesRevision>
     <DatabasePackagesVersionSuffix>$(BaseVersionSuffix)</DatabasePackagesVersionSuffix>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/docs/releases.md b/docs/releases.md
index 576c9a1e7..b7f155688 100644
--- a/docs/releases.md
+++ b/docs/releases.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ uid: releases
 
 # Releases
 
+## [4.2.0](https://github.com/BEagle1984/silverback/releases/tag/v4.2.0)
+
+* Upgrade to [Confluent.Kafka 2.1.0](https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-dotnet/releases/tag/v2.1.0)
+
 ## [4.1.2](https://github.com/BEagle1984/silverback/releases/tag/v4.1.2)
 
 ### Fixes
diff --git a/src/Silverback.Integration.Kafka/Messaging/Configuration/Kafka/ConfluentClientConfigProxies.cs b/src/Silverback.Integration.Kafka/Messaging/Configuration/Kafka/ConfluentClientConfigProxies.cs
index 997159754..07d3582bb 100644
--- a/src/Silverback.Integration.Kafka/Messaging/Configuration/Kafka/ConfluentClientConfigProxies.cs
+++ b/src/Silverback.Integration.Kafka/Messaging/Configuration/Kafka/ConfluentClientConfigProxies.cs
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ public bool? EnableRandomSeed
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        ///     Log broker disconnects. It might be useful to turn this off when interacting with 0.9 brokers with an aggressive `connections.max.idle.ms` value.
+        ///     Log broker disconnects. It might be useful to turn this off when interacting with 0.9 brokers with an aggressive `connection.max.idle.ms` value.
         ///     <br /><br />default: true
         ///     <br />importance: low
         /// </summary>
@@ -444,6 +444,17 @@ public string BrokerVersionFallback
             set => ConfluentConfig.BrokerVersionFallback = value;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Allow automatic topic creation on the broker when subscribing to or assigning non-existent topics. The broker must also be configured with `auto.create.topics.enable=true` for this configuraiton to take effect. Note: The default value (false) is different from the Java consumer (true). Requires broker version &gt;= 0.11.0.0, for older broker versions only the broker configuration applies.
+        ///     <br /><br />default: false
+        ///     <br />importance: low
+        /// </summary>
+        public bool? AllowAutoCreateTopics
+        {
+            get => ConfluentConfig.AllowAutoCreateTopics;
+            set => ConfluentConfig.AllowAutoCreateTopics = value;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Protocol used to communicate with brokers.
         ///     <br /><br />default: plaintext
@@ -609,6 +620,15 @@ public string SslKeystorePassword
             set => ConfluentConfig.SslKeystorePassword = value;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Gets the comma-separated list of OpenSSL 3.0.x implementation providers.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string SslProviders
+        {
+            get => ConfluentConfig.SslProviders;
+            set => ConfluentConfig.SslProviders = value;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Path to OpenSSL engine library. OpenSSL &gt;= 1.1.0 required.
         ///     <br /><br />default: ''
@@ -1140,17 +1160,6 @@ public bool? CheckCrcs
             set => ConfluentConfig.CheckCrcs = value;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        ///     Allow automatic topic creation on the broker when subscribing to or assigning non-existent topics. The broker must also be configured with `auto.create.topics.enable=true` for this configuraiton to take effect. Note: The default value (false) is different from the Java consumer (true). Requires broker version &gt;= 0.11.0.0, for older broker versions only the broker configuration applies.
-        ///     <br /><br />default: false
-        ///     <br />importance: low
-        /// </summary>
-        public bool? AllowAutoCreateTopics
-        {
-            get => ConfluentConfig.AllowAutoCreateTopics;
-            set => ConfluentConfig.AllowAutoCreateTopics = value;
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         ///     Gets the <see cref="Confluent.Kafka.ClientConfig" /> instance being wrapped.
         /// </summary>