diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6a9f827250564..75ce97ec05761 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/thanos-io/objstore v0.0.0-20241015070247-5f04b8b0b52a
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.17.1
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.13.0
-	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20240821035758-b77dd13e2bfa
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20241015013301-cea7aa5d8037
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.8.0
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/plugin/kotel v1.5.0
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/plugin/kprom v1.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c4be2fc1151b3..c47d356cc10d3 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1831,8 +1831,8 @@ github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.17.1 h1:0LwPsbbJeJ9R91DPUHSEd4su82WJWcTY1Zzbgbg4CeQ=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.17.1/go.mod h1:NreRdJ2F7dziDY/m6VyspWd6sNxHKXdMZI42UfQ3GXM=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.13.0 h1:bJq4C2ZikUE2jh/wl9MtMTQ/kpmnBgVFh8XMQBEC+60=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.13.0/go.mod h1:VMvpfjz/szpH9WB+vGM+rteTzVv0djyHFimci9qm2C0=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20240821035758-b77dd13e2bfa h1:OmQ4DJhqeOPdIH60Psut1vYU8A6LGyxJbF09w5RAa2w=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20240821035758-b77dd13e2bfa/go.mod h1:nkBI/wGFp7t1NJnnCeJdS4sX5atPAqwCPpDXKuI7SC8=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20241015013301-cea7aa5d8037 h1:M4Zj79q1OdZusy/Q8TOTttvx/oHkDVY7sc0xDyRnwWs=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20241015013301-cea7aa5d8037/go.mod h1:nkBI/wGFp7t1NJnnCeJdS4sX5atPAqwCPpDXKuI7SC8=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.8.0 h1:lAQB9Z3aMrIP9qF9288XcFf/ccaSxEitNA1CDTEIeTA=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.8.0/go.mod h1:HzYEb8G3uu5XevZbtU0dVbkphaKTHk0X68N5ka4q6mU=
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/plugin/kotel v1.5.0 h1:TiPfGUbQK384OO7ZYGdo7JuPCbJn+/8njQ/D9Je9CDE=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake/data.go b/vendor/github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake/data.go
index 9f5d46c6b8687..566d51b69560b 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake/data.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake/data.go
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ func (d *data) mkt(t string, nparts int, nreplicas int, configs map[string]*stri
 	d.id2t[id] = t
 	d.t2id[t] = id
 	d.treplicas[t] = nreplicas
-	d.tcfgs[t] = configs
+	if configs != nil {
+		d.tcfgs[t] = configs
+	}
 	for i := 0; i < nparts; i++ {
 		d.tps.mkp(t, int32(i), d.c.newPartData)
 	}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index d30a86aa29e7b..5c2359b42266b 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/sasl/plain
 # github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm v1.13.0
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kadm
-# github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20240821035758-b77dd13e2bfa
+# github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake v0.0.0-20241015013301-cea7aa5d8037
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kfake
 # github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.8.0