diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 95cd84a7..14699193 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/samber/lo v1.52.0
 	github.com/sanity-io/litter v1.3.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
-	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.3
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.5
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.18.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250408133849-7e4ce0ab07d0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.38.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cd5062de..e76dfb05 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 h1:qjsOFOWWQl+N3RsoF5/ssm1pHmJJwhjlSbZ51I6wMl4=
 github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1/go.mod h1:ITEVvHYasfjBbM0u2Pg8T2nJnzm8xPwvNhhsoaGGjNU=
 github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5 h1:kLy8mja+1c9jlljvWTlSazM7cKDRfJuR/bOJhcY5NcY=
 github.com/tidwall/sjson v1.2.5/go.mod h1:Fvgq9kS/6ociJEDnK0Fk1cpYF4FIW6ZF7LAe+6jwd28=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.3 h1:q9Mo8ri+OwBQBjKqrerNCqNWJlJnUDe2qnYsj2V3hdI=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.3/go.mod h1:rfoMTnVk7107fhTGxfEKIHP/e7tPe6oyij/ywzO0czk=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.5 h1:cVYI2+JTTKSvohhy8bCOleYrS7G79ZBrLVFIJsoHm8M=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.5/go.mod h1:rfoMTnVk7107fhTGxfEKIHP/e7tPe6oyij/ywzO0czk=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.18.0 h1:WRf/LZmDdcDXwX7WMbtDU++v+b3NzYh2bCGoPMmzirw=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.18.0/go.mod h1:XeLhGoLXLFzK8/ryv5FfpxPxGwj4oFEGpPJMB/x6KDE=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.13.1 h1:fG5kItwysTk5UXqVwb64EpQEy3TydF3vYYK21nUQ+bI=