diff --git a/components/kafka/go.mod b/components/kafka/go.mod
index 9bdb3beb70..c148f4724e 100644
--- a/components/kafka/go.mod
+++ b/components/kafka/go.mod
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 module github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/components/kafka/v2
 
-go 1.23.0
+go 1.24.3
 
 toolchain go1.24.4
 
 require (
-	github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.10.1
+	github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.13.0
 	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.36.2
 )
 
diff --git a/components/kafka/go.sum b/components/kafka/go.sum
index 07cf37eef0..430687e8e6 100644
--- a/components/kafka/go.sum
+++ b/components/kafka/go.sum
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.3 h1:bD67uqLuL/XgkAK6ir3xZvNLFPxPScEi1KW7R5esrLE=
 github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:lFN0DrMxIncJGYAXTfWuajfwj5haBJqrBkarHcnjJKc=
-github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.10.1 h1:VqL+j6jm35QXfCwm4XVp38/GMjvDZBi7Hfka2sp5uU0=
-github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.10.1/go.mod h1:hScqtFIGUI1wqHIgM3mjoqEou4VweGGGX7dMpcUKves=
+github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.13.0 h1:y9wh3z7FdqN3RJ9IHW12hzytJx4KjlpviPWn4ncA5u0=
+github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.13.0/go.mod h1:aR1aciwbULyLhKkv9eq88JhS4XmGOusEnHZx1R93XZI=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.4 h1:F2g4+oChYvBTsASRTz8NP6iIAi97J3TtSAsLbIFn4ro=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.4/go.mod h1:YynlIjWYF8myEu6sdkwKIvGQq+cOckRm6So2avqoYAk=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18 h1:jqjZTQNfXGoEaZdW1WwPU0RqSn1Bm2Ay/KJPUuO8nao=