diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 777b5a3530..1731f43098 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-- Instrument all httpx versions >= 0.18. ([#1748](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1748))
+- Bump allowed confluent-kafka version to be up to 2.2.0
+  ([#1856](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1856))
+- Instrument all httpx versions >= 0.18.
+  ([#1748](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-python-contrib/pull/1748))
 
 ## Version 1.18.0/0.39b0 (2023-05-10)
 
diff --git a/docs-requirements.txt b/docs-requirements.txt
index 6d11d20198..ef21537548 100644
--- a/docs-requirements.txt
+++ b/docs-requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ boto~=2.0
 botocore~=1.0
 boto3~=1.0
 celery>=4.0
-confluent-kafka>= 1.8.2,< 2.0.0
+confluent-kafka>= 1.8.2,< 2.2.0
 elasticsearch>=2.0,<9.0
 flask~=2.0
 falcon~=2.0
diff --git a/instrumentation/README.md b/instrumentation/README.md
index e69dd6adbd..817a32eba0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/README.md
+++ b/instrumentation/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-boto3sqs) | boto3 ~= 1.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-botocore) | botocore ~= 1.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery) | celery >= 4.0, < 6.0 | No
-| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka) | confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, < 2.0.0 | No
+| [opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka) | confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, < 2.2.0 | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-dbapi) | dbapi | No
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-django](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-django) | django >= 1.10 | Yes
 | [opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch](./opentelemetry-instrumentation-elasticsearch) | elasticsearch >= 2.0 | No
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka/pyproject.toml
index a84f7d959e..377a4f3abb 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, < 2.2.0",
 ]
 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..6614a57f39 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, < 2.2.0",)
diff --git a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/bootstrap_gen.py b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/bootstrap_gen.py
index f705324289..a766bbe477 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/bootstrap_gen.py
+++ b/opentelemetry-instrumentation/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/bootstrap_gen.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         "instrumentation": "opentelemetry-instrumentation-celery==0.40b0.dev",
     },
     "confluent-kafka": {
-        "library": "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, < 2.0.0",
+        "library": "confluent-kafka >= 1.8.2, < 2.2.0",
         "instrumentation": "opentelemetry-instrumentation-confluent-kafka==0.40b0.dev",
     },
     "django": {