diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e551be9f..3d9c95fe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ require (
 	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/twmb/franz-go v1.21.2
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.3
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.18.0
 	github.com/urfave/cli/v2 v2.27.7
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8841cc38..cd3a47d8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.16 h1:frioLaCQSsF5Cy1jgRBrzr6t502KIIwQ0MArYI
 github.com/tklauser/go-sysconf v0.3.16/go.mod h1:/qNL9xxDhc7tx3HSRsLWNnuzbVfh3e7gh/BmM179nYI=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.11.0 h1:nSTwhKH5e1dMNsCdVBukSZrURJRoHbSEQjdEbY+9RXw=
 github.com/tklauser/numcpus v0.11.0/go.mod h1:z+LwcLq54uWZTX0u/bGobaV34u6V7KNlTZejzM6/3MQ=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.2 h1:WrvV/spF48JzcRylqDQy02Vm6V6W4lhtD9Y4BOYNMu4=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.21.2/go.mod h1:rfoMTnVk7107fhTGxfEKIHP/e7tPe6oyij/ywzO0czk=
+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/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=