Audio slowly drifts out of sync with video

I have a long continuous video clip (.MP4) that has an audio sample rate of 48 kHz. Separately, I have an audio clip (.mp3) for that take that was recorded at 44.1 kHz.
I created a sequence in Premiere with the .MP4 making sure the sequence's audio sample rate was set to 48. I brought the .mp3 into Audition where I used Edit > Convert Sample Type to change it to 48 kHz.
Back in Premiere, I dragged the converted .mp3 into the sequence and the audio still drifted out of sync toward the end of the clip.
Am I missing a step? How can I make sure the audio and video are in sync throughout rather than just in the beginning?

Two independent record devices will not stay perfectly synchronous over a long period of time unless locked via timecode or a sync cable.
A solution is to scroll to the end of the clips and adjust the speed of the mp3 file (making it run slightly faster or slower) until the end of the camera audio and mp3 audio coincide.
MtD

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