diff --git a/pkg/kadm/go.mod b/pkg/kadm/go.mod
index 2208986f..c298d84c 100644
--- a/pkg/kadm/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/kadm/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 toolchain go1.22.0
 
 require (
-	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.1
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0
 )
diff --git a/pkg/kadm/go.sum b/pkg/kadm/go.sum
index 978a466f..09e12afb 100644
--- a/pkg/kadm/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/kadm/go.sum
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 h1:cKFw6uJDK+/gfw5BcDL0JL5aBsAFdsIT18eRtLj7VIU
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0 h1:25FjMZfdozBywVX+5xrWC2W+W76i0xykKjTdEeD2ejw=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.0/go.mod h1:zXCGy74M0p5FbXsLeASdyvfLFsBvTubVqctIaa5wQ+I=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.1 h1:D75xxCDyvTqBSiImFx2lkPduE39jz1vaD7+FNc+vMkc=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.18.1/go.mod h1:Uzo77TarcLTUZeLuGq+9lNpSkfZI+JErv7YJhlDjs9M=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.9.0 h1:JojYUph2TKAau6SBtErXpXGC7E3gg4vGZMv9xFU/B6M=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.9.0/go.mod h1:CMbfazviCyY6HM0SXuG5t9vOwYDHRCSrJJyBAe5paqg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0 h1:euUpcYgM8WcP71gNpTqQCn6rC2t6ULUPiOzfWaXVVfc=