diff --git a/operator/go.mod b/operator/go.mod
index 57e27f9977..4ccf59c45d 100644
--- a/operator/go.mod
+++ b/operator/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.0
 	emperror.dev/errors v0.8.1
 	github.com/banzaicloud/k8s-objectmatcher v1.8.0
-	github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.10.1
+	github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.12.0
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3
 	github.com/gotidy/ptr v1.4.0
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ require (
 	github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/components/tls/v2 v2.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	github.com/tidwall/gjson v1.18.0
+	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20250128182459-e0ece0dbea4c
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.73.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
@@ -40,11 +40,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/fxamacker/cbor/v2 v2.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic-models v0.7.0 // indirect
-	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/match v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/pretty v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/x448/float16 v0.8.4 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v2 v2.4.2 // indirect
 	go.yaml.in/yaml/v3 v3.0.4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.25.0 // indirect
diff --git a/operator/go.sum b/operator/go.sum
index f02617d0cb..f493eefb69 100644
--- a/operator/go.sum
+++ b/operator/go.sum
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDk
 github.com/cncf/udpa/go v0.0.0-20191209042840-269d4d468f6f/go.mod h1:M8M6+tZqaGXZJjfX53e64911xZQV5JYwmTeXPW+k8Sc=
 github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.3 h1:bD67uqLuL/XgkAK6ir3xZvNLFPxPScEi1KW7R5esrLE=
 github.com/compose-spec/compose-go/v2 v2.1.3/go.mod h1:lFN0DrMxIncJGYAXTfWuajfwj5haBJqrBkarHcnjJKc=
-github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.10.1 h1:VqL+j6jm35QXfCwm4XVp38/GMjvDZBi7Hfka2sp5uU0=
-github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.10.1/go.mod h1:hScqtFIGUI1wqHIgM3mjoqEou4VweGGGX7dMpcUKves=
+github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.12.0 h1:If5Bi+oJVehEdjuhHa7QEFppQtyexvBXJiuZIloJtIw=
+github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:6ypM/bldGVG8gf1s9/05ICQU76BmXcbhF6K2jtznock=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.4 h1:F2g4+oChYvBTsASRTz8NP6iIAi97J3TtSAsLbIFn4ro=
 github.com/containerd/console v1.0.4/go.mod h1:YynlIjWYF8myEu6sdkwKIvGQq+cOckRm6So2avqoYAk=
 github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.18 h1:jqjZTQNfXGoEaZdW1WwPU0RqSn1Bm2Ay/KJPUuO8nao=