diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 6022ad00e7..e0ef4b7c92 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -10175,6 +10175,43 @@ OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
 SOFTWARE.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+Dependency : github.com/elastic/sarama
+Version: v1.19.1-0.20250304185506-df6449b5c996
+Licence type (autodetected): MIT
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Contents of probable licence file $GOMODCACHE/github.com/elastic/sarama@v1.19.1-0.20250304185506-df6449b5c996/LICENSE.md:
+
+# MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Shopify
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 IBM Corporation
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
+OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
+WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+>>>>>>> ac609dae (feat(fips): bump sarama to drop kerberos lib in fips mode (#16032))
 Dependency : github.com/fatih/color
 Version: v1.18.0
 Licence type (autodetected): MIT
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index eb96955cc0..cfec160a72 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/gosigar v0.14.3 // indirect
 	github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/elastic/pkcs8 v1.0.0 // indirect
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+=======
+	github.com/elastic/sarama v1.19.1-0.20250304185506-df6449b5c996 // indirect
+>>>>>>> ac609dae (feat(fips): bump sarama to drop kerberos lib in fips mode (#16032))
 	github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 // indirect
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 45f11c79ca..68276eb337 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -232,8 +232,13 @@ github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.14.0 h1:4P5q3RzwZTbAclHBmQp2dXxSsOMBQXZg
 github.com/elastic/opentelemetry-lib v0.14.0/go.mod h1:/FfOjBoi8gaKQrkhFxzxQzP5g7soH/tShRWDxfeIUq8=
 github.com/elastic/pkcs8 v1.0.0 h1:HhitlUKxhN288kcNcYkjW6/ouvuwJWd9ioxpjnD9jVA=
 github.com/elastic/pkcs8 v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ipsZToJfq1MxclVTwpG7U/bgeDtf+0HkUiOxebk95+0=
+<<<<<<< HEAD
 github.com/elastic/sarama v1.19.1-0.20220310193331-ebc2b0d8eef3 h1:FzA0/n4iMt8ojGDGRoiFPSHFvvdVIvxOxyLtiFnrLBM=
 github.com/elastic/sarama v1.19.1-0.20220310193331-ebc2b0d8eef3/go.mod h1:mdtqvCSg8JOxk8PmpTNGyo6wzd4BMm4QXSfDnTXmgkE=
+=======
+github.com/elastic/sarama v1.19.1-0.20250304185506-df6449b5c996 h1:bgsq8RD7lg4Jcn3QOqmQKhQzoUhD3N+ZKyNDRNo434U=
+github.com/elastic/sarama v1.19.1-0.20250304185506-df6449b5c996/go.mod h1:EEdpKWvuZ46X7OEOENvSH5jEJXosi4fn7xjIeTajf+M=
+>>>>>>> ac609dae (feat(fips): bump sarama to drop kerberos lib in fips mode (#16032))
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v1.2.3 h1:xwIyKHbaP5yfT6O9KIeYJR5549MXRQkoQMRXGztz8YQ=
 github.com/elazarl/goproxy v1.2.3/go.mod h1:YfEbZtqP4AetfO6d40vWchF3znWX7C7Vd6ZMfdL8z64=
 github.com/emicklei/go-restful/v3 v3.11.0 h1:rAQeMHw1c7zTmncogyy8VvRZwtkmkZ4FxERmMY4rD+g=