diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 83fd4e23..01c95a03 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/tdewolff/minify/v2 v2.21.2
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
-	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.1
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.14.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.34.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.34.0
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/perimeterx/marshmallow v1.1.5 // indirect
 	github.com/petar/GoLLRB v0.0.0-20210522233825-ae3b015fd3e9 // indirect
-	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21 // indirect
+	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/polydawn/refmt v0.89.1-0.20221221234430-40501e09de1f // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 191624a9..0ce82a87 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ github.com/perimeterx/marshmallow v1.1.5 h1:a2LALqQ1BlHM8PZblsDdidgv1mWi1DgC2UmX
 github.com/perimeterx/marshmallow v1.1.5/go.mod h1:dsXbUu8CRzfYP5a87xpp0xq9S3u0Vchtcl8we9tYaXw=
 github.com/petar/GoLLRB v0.0.0-20210522233825-ae3b015fd3e9 h1:1/WtZae0yGtPq+TI6+Tv1WTxkukpXeMlviSxvL7SRgk=
 github.com/petar/GoLLRB v0.0.0-20210522233825-ae3b015fd3e9/go.mod h1:x3N5drFsm2uilKKuuYo6LdyD8vZAW55sH/9w+pbo1sw=
-github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21 h1:yOVMLb6qSIDP67pl/5F7RepeKYu/VmTyEXvuMI5d9mQ=
-github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.21/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
+github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 h1:cKFw6uJDK+/gfw5BcDL0JL5aBsAFdsIT18eRtLj7VIU=
+github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/pingcap/errors v0.11.4 h1:lFuQV/oaUMGcD2tqt+01ROSmJs75VG1ToEOkZIZ4nE4=
 github.com/pingcap/errors v0.11.4/go.mod h1:Oi8TUi2kEtXXLMJk9l1cGmz20kV3TaQ0usTwv5KuLY8=
 github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e/go.mod h1:pJLUxLENpZxwdsKMEsNbx1VGcRFpLqf3715MtcvvzbA=
@@ -701,8 +701,8 @@ github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12 h1:0QaGUFOdQaIVdPgfITYzaTegZvdCjmYO52cSFA
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.12/go.mod h1:Ho14jnntGE1fpdOqQEEaiKRpvIavV0hSfmBq8nJbHYI=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1 h1:ng9scYS7az0Bk4OZLvrNXNSAO2Pxr1XXRAPyjhIx+Fk=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.6.1/go.mod h1:1XfjsgE2zo8GVw7POkMbHENHzVg3GzmoZ9fESEdAacY=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0 h1:25FjMZfdozBywVX+5xrWC2W+W76i0xykKjTdEeD2ejw=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0/go.mod h1:zXCGy74M0p5FbXsLeASdyvfLFsBvTubVqctIaa5wQ+I=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.1 h1:D75xxCDyvTqBSiImFx2lkPduE39jz1vaD7+FNc+vMkc=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.1/go.mod h1:Uzo77TarcLTUZeLuGq+9lNpSkfZI+JErv7YJhlDjs9M=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.14.0 h1:nAn1co1lXzJQocpzyIyOFOjUBf4WHWs5/fTprXy2IZs=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.14.0/go.mod h1:XjOPz6ZaXXjrW2jVCfLuucP8H1w2TvD6y3PT2M+aAM4=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.9.0 h1:JojYUph2TKAau6SBtErXpXGC7E3gg4vGZMv9xFU/B6M=