diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10ace18c..614784e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     <spark2.version>2.1.3</spark2.version>
     <hydrator.version>2.10.0</hydrator.version>
     <commons.version>3.8.1</commons.version>
-    <salesforce.api.version>53.0.0</salesforce.api.version>
+    <salesforce.api.version>61.0.0</salesforce.api.version>
     <cometd.java.client.version>4.0.0</cometd.java.client.version>
     <antlr.version>4.7.2</antlr.version>
     <mockito.version>2.23.0</mockito.version>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/SalesforceConstants.java b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/SalesforceConstants.java
index 8b0901bc..1b638b37 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/SalesforceConstants.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/cdap/plugin/salesforce/SalesforceConstants.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  */
 public class SalesforceConstants {
 
-  public static final String API_VERSION = "53.0";
+  public static final String API_VERSION = "61.0";
   public static final String REFERENCE_NAME_DELIMITER = ".";
 
   public static final String PROPERTY_CONSUMER_KEY = "consumerKey";