diff --git a/LICENSE-binary b/LICENSE-binary
index 7a4efd4782f02..ea7926c8e0e88 100644
--- a/LICENSE-binary
+++ b/LICENSE-binary
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ License Version 2.0:
 - metrics-core-2.2.0
 - opentelemetry-proto-1.3.2-alpha
 - plexus-utils-3.6.0
-- rocksdbjni-10.1.3
+- rocksdbjni-10.5.1
 - scala-library-2.13.18
 - scala-logging_2.13-3.9.6
 - scala-reflect-2.13.18
diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index 50dddc17c049c..deec705a6ee7f 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ versions += [
   protobuf: "3.25.5", // a dependency of opentelemetryProto
   pcollections: "4.0.2",
   re2j: "1.8",
-  rocksDB: "10.1.3",
+  rocksDB: "10.5.1",
   // When updating the scalafmt version please also update the version field in checkstyle/.scalafmt.conf. scalafmt now
   // has the version field as mandatory in its configuration, see
   // https://github.com/scalameta/scalafmt/releases/tag/v3.1.0.
diff --git a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java
index e86127d679b20..93360f836b2c4 100644
--- a/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java
+++ b/streams/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/state/internals/RocksDBGenericOptionsToDbOptionsColumnFamilyOptionsAdapter.java
@@ -743,13 +743,19 @@ public Cache rowCache() {
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Deprecated(since = "4.4", forRemoval = true)
     public Options setFailIfOptionsFileError(final boolean failIfOptionsFileError) {
+        log.warn("fail_if_options_file_error no longer changes behavior in RocksDB v10.2.1 and later." +
+                " See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/releases/tag/v10.2.1");
         dbOptions.setFailIfOptionsFileError(failIfOptionsFileError);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Deprecated(since = "4.4", forRemoval = true)
     public boolean failIfOptionsFileError() {
+        log.warn("fail_if_options_file_error no longer changes behavior in RocksDB v10.2.1 and later." +
+                " See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/releases/tag/v10.2.1");
         return dbOptions.failIfOptionsFileError();
     }
 
@@ -1236,15 +1242,18 @@ public boolean paranoidFileChecks() {
         return columnFamilyOptions.paranoidFileChecks();
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Options setMaxWriteBufferNumberToMaintain(final int maxWriteBufferNumberToMaintain) {
-        columnFamilyOptions.setMaxWriteBufferNumberToMaintain(maxWriteBufferNumberToMaintain);
+    @Deprecated(since = "4.4", forRemoval = true)
+    public Options setMaxWriteBufferNumberToMaintain(final int ignored) {
+        log.warn("max_write_buffer_number_to_maintain has been removed in RocksDB v10.2.1" +
+                " See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/releases/tag/v10.2.1");
         return this;
     }
 
-    @Override
+    @Deprecated(since = "4.4", forRemoval = true)
     public int maxWriteBufferNumberToMaintain() {
-        return columnFamilyOptions.maxWriteBufferNumberToMaintain();
+        log.warn("max_write_buffer_number_to_maintain has been removed in RocksDB v10.2.1" +
+                " See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/releases/tag/v10.2.1");
+        return 0;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -1412,13 +1421,19 @@ public boolean unorderedWrite() {
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Deprecated(since = "4.4", forRemoval = true)
     public Options setSkipCheckingSstFileSizesOnDbOpen(final boolean skipCheckingSstFileSizesOnDbOpen) {
+        log.warn("skip_checking_sst_file_sizes_on_db_open has been deprecated in RocksDB v10.5.1" +
+                " See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/releases/tag/v10.5.1");
         dbOptions.setSkipCheckingSstFileSizesOnDbOpen(skipCheckingSstFileSizesOnDbOpen);
         return this;
     }
 
     @Override
+    @Deprecated(since = "4.4", forRemoval = true)
     public boolean skipCheckingSstFileSizesOnDbOpen() {
+        log.warn("skip_checking_sst_file_sizes_on_db_open has been deprecated in RocksDB v10.5.1" +
+                " See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/releases/tag/v10.5.1");
         return dbOptions.skipCheckingSstFileSizesOnDbOpen();
     }