diff --git a/services/monitoring-agent/go.mod b/services/monitoring-agent/go.mod
index 24234d0..d287363 100644
--- a/services/monitoring-agent/go.mod
+++ b/services/monitoring-agent/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.66.1
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.17.1
-	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.8.0
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.12.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.35.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.35.1
diff --git a/services/monitoring-agent/go.sum b/services/monitoring-agent/go.sum
index 205480f..91eda40 100644
--- a/services/monitoring-agent/go.sum
+++ b/services/monitoring-agent/go.sum
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.17.1 h1:0LwPsbbJeJ9R91DPUHSEd4su82WJWcTY1Zzbgbg4CeQ=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.17.1/go.mod h1:NreRdJ2F7dziDY/m6VyspWd6sNxHKXdMZI42UfQ3GXM=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.8.0 h1:lAQB9Z3aMrIP9qF9288XcFf/ccaSxEitNA1CDTEIeTA=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.8.0/go.mod h1:HzYEb8G3uu5XevZbtU0dVbkphaKTHk0X68N5ka4q6mU=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.12.0 h1:CbatD7ers1KzDNgJqPbKOq0Bz/WLBdsTH75wgzeVaPc=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.12.0/go.mod h1:+DPt4NC8RmI6hqb8G09+3giKObE6uD2Eya6CfqBpeJY=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 h1:qLwI1I70+NjRFUR3zs1JPUCgaCXSh3SW62uAKT1mSBM=
 github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4/go.mod h1:14CWIYCyZA/cWjXOioeEpHeN/83MdbZDRQHoFcYsOfg=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=