diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 673cab9b..c49a1ad6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stoewer/go-strcase v1.3.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modules/redpanda v0.42.0
-	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.11.0
+	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.12.0
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.2
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.18.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8841cc38..97947e92 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -446,8 +446,8 @@ github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.42.0 h1:He3IhTzTZOygSXLJPMX7n44Xt
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go v0.42.0/go.mod h1:vZjdY1YmUA1qEForxOIOazfsrdyORJAbhi0bp8plN30=
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modules/redpanda v0.42.0 h1:mcPLvf3rzvvwG46i4jcyOk7/KcapE/IKnBgwo27k68M=
 github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/modules/redpanda v0.42.0/go.mod h1:Yq0WrUIIsMkJoZ2DadCJ1Zq4RFhjPPpSNYHpjRrGfDU=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.11.0 h1:+gKemEuKCTevU4d7ZTzlsvgd1uaToIDtlQlmNbwqYhA=
-github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.11.0/go.mod h1:eV28rsN8Q+xwjogd7f4/Pp4xFxO7uOGbLcD/LzB1wiU=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.12.0 h1:DuWcpNu/FzgEXgGBDp8J1Spc+CWOvvtvVyjKlaZopYU=
+github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.12.0/go.mod h1:LvKtzl2RqO4gyF27BiXU+nKAjcV8f38U+kP/q2vgxh0=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.16 h1:frioLaCQSsF5Cy1jgRBrzr6t502KIIwQ0MArYICU0nA=
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.16/go.mod h1:/qNL9xxDhc7tx3HSRsLWNnuzbVfh3e7gh/BmM179nYI=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.11.0 h1:nSTwhKH5e1dMNsCdVBukSZrURJRoHbSEQjdEbY+9RXw=