diff --git a/adapter-kafka/pom.xml b/adapter-kafka/pom.xml
index 7bd4f07c7..e8eff36fe 100644
--- a/adapter-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/adapter-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     </description>
 
     <properties>
-        <kafka.version>3.5.1</kafka.version>
+        <kafka.version>3.6.0</kafka.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/hdf-loader/src/main/resources/config.yaml b/hdf-loader/src/main/resources/config.yaml
index c3e2338de..4a117f73b 100644
--- a/hdf-loader/src/main/resources/config.yaml
+++ b/hdf-loader/src/main/resources/config.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 format: HDF5
-sourceFile: /home/mwolters138/Downloads/h5ex_t_float.h5 #/home/mwolters138/Documents/hdf5/datasets/pass/glove-25-angular.hdf5
+sourceFile: <<insert location of source hdf5 file>>
 datasets:
   - all
 embedding: word2vec
 writer: filewriter
 astra:
-  scb: /home/mwolters138/Dev/testing/secure-connect-vector-correctness.zip
-  clientId: IvpdaZejwNuvWeupsIkWTHeL
-  clientSecret: .bxut2-OQL,dWunZeQbjZC0vMHd88UWXKS.xT,nl95zQC0B0xU9FzSWK3HSUGO11o_7pr7wG7+EMaZqegkKlr4fZ54__furPMtWPGiPp,2cZ1q15vrWwc9_-AcgeCbuf
-  keyspace: baselines128dot
+  scb: <<insert location of Astra scb>>
+  clientId: <<Astra client ID>>
+  clientSecret: <<Astra client secret>>
+  keyspace: <<Name of Astra keyspace>>
   query: INSERT INTO vectors25(key, value) VALUES (?,?)
-targetFile: /home/mwolters138/vectors.txt
+targetFile: <<insert location of target file>>
+