diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.mod b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.mod
index c63d94230c..46b21e0969 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.mod
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ go 1.24.7
 require github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.4.49
 
 require (
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.sum b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.sum
index 74b476c2d4..e959e83902 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.sum
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/tools/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 h1:wKRjX6JRtDdrE9qwa4b/Cip7ACOshUI4smpCQanqjSY=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9/go.mod h1:PhcZ0MbTNciWF3rruxRgKxI5NkcHHrHUDtV4Yw2GlzU=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7 h1:aUyZsS4kH3QTKurYhAOwAHxllVPnOthb3vPfnF1Ehjw=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 h1:MO0/ucJhngq7299dKLwIMtgTfbkoSPF6AoMYDd8Q4q0=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=