diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f3730664..1389076b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.26.1
 require (
 	github.com/cloudtrust/common-service/v2 v2.18.1
 	github.com/cloudtrust/httpclient v1.6.0
-	github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.7.2
+	github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.8.1
 	github.com/cloudtrust/keycloak-client/v2 v2.18.1
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.13.0
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a1ff82c9..1ecadb3c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ github.com/cloudtrust/common-service/v2 v2.18.1 h1:WV7kdxVNckjk/ucNHO7BrJ8J/Cfb4
 github.com/cloudtrust/common-service/v2 v2.18.1/go.mod h1:wLHEAV6fW2MnpI/LKeDmXOMrRKiTCYec/rdArYt1ozY=
 github.com/cloudtrust/httpclient v1.6.0 h1:/E/y2wZNyUIjADbP3RLI2pLTWdNvcFSLe1MeRD6RlN4=
 github.com/cloudtrust/httpclient v1.6.0/go.mod h1:CK0idOHAQ2CiN2GFOwIYP5hDl2tfUgGdTI9n7Ygbnrs=
-github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.7.2 h1:wezQkWb4nMA2u6PP+x8e54GrZTvEOHQkFuyOziB7Ea0=
-github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.7.2/go.mod h1:4Zwq7LRifX408zcNCUhS0ikGNkDGTgyxaMlSD5i8Ckg=
+github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.8.1 h1:kbc9XsOaYszEBI1RiIeCze3litfVl8zLah7op0B94nc=
+github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.8.1/go.mod h1:oP2xuzJuM33pdSyjGMCfOCuRqwvDFzHU/aupSsPbJD8=
 github.com/cloudtrust/keycloak-client/v2 v2.18.1 h1:12FmzBZadFDVQrKomHeJyjYddPkJgt7jHQr1uPio+iU=
 github.com/cloudtrust/keycloak-client/v2 v2.18.1/go.mod h1:BtVuveSW0lXx6H+Wt23rXWCi6cSMNA2FVfMHtwUdw2k=
 github.com/coreos/go-oidc/v3 v3.17.0 h1:hWBGaQfbi0iVviX4ibC7bk8OKT5qNr4klBaCHVNvehc=
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index c70d0d24..c9971ecf 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ github.com/cloudtrust/common-service/v2/validation
 # github.com/cloudtrust/httpclient v1.6.0
 ## explicit; go 1.25.3
 github.com/cloudtrust/httpclient
-# github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.7.2
-## explicit; go 1.25.3
+# github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client v1.8.1
+## explicit; go 1.26.1
 github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client
 github.com/cloudtrust/kafka-client/misc
 # github.com/cloudtrust/keycloak-client/v2 v2.18.1