diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod
index cdc8809def..d40ec326ff 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.mod
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/jcmturner/gofork v1.7.6 // indirect
 	github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8 v8.4.4 // indirect
 	github.com/jcmturner/rpc/v2 v2.0.3 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/munnerz/goautoneg v0.0.0-20191010083416-a7dc8b61c822 // indirect
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 // indirect
diff --git a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum
index cbc98528b7..5a4a3f6497 100644
--- a/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum
+++ b/test/kafka/kafka-client-loadtest/go.sum
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8 v8.4.4 h1:x1Sv4HaTpepFkXbt2IkL29DXRf8sOfZXo8eRKh6
 github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8 v8.4.4/go.mod h1:1btQEpgT6k+unzCwX1KdWMEwPPkkgBtP+F6aCACiMrs=
 github.com/jcmturner/rpc/v2 v2.0.3 h1:7FXXj8Ti1IaVFpSAziCZWNzbNuZmnvw/i6CqLNdWfZY=
 github.com/jcmturner/rpc/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:VUJYCIDm3PVOEHw8sgt091/20OJjskO/YJki3ELg/Hc=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0 h1:c/Cqfb0r+Yi+JtIEq73FWXVkRonBlf0CRNYc8Zttxdo=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.0/go.mod h1:2Pp+KzxcywXVXMr50+X0Q/Lsb43OQHYWRCY2AiWywWQ=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7 h1:aUyZsS4kH3QTKurYhAOwAHxllVPnOthb3vPfnF1Ehjw=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.7/go.mod h1:cwPg85FWrGar70rWktvGQj8/hthj3wpl0PGDogxkrSQ=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=