diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a989f3a..485703e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ module go.unistack.org/micro-broker-kgo/v3
 go 1.17
 
 require (
-	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.11.5
-	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.3.0
-	go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.14
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.12.1
+	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.4.0
+	go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.23
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 // indirect
-	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.16.0 // indirect
+	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.17 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5633005..98e219b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.13/go.mod h1:4lJ1jqUDcsbIECGy0RUJAXNIhg+6ocWgb1ALK2O4oXg=
-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 v1.16.0 h1:iULayQNOReoYUe+1qtKOqw9CwJv3aNQu8ivo7lw1HU4=
 github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:3Qf8kWWT7OJRJbdiICTKqZju1ZixQ/KpMGzzAfe6+WQ=
-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/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.17 h1:kV4Ip+/hUBC+8T6+2EgburRtkE9ef4nbY3f4dFhGjMc=
 github.com/silas/dag v0.0.0-20211117232152-9d50aa809f35/go.mod h1:7RTUFBdIRC9nZ7/3RyRNH1bdqIShrDejd1YbLwgPS+I=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.11.5 h1:TTv5lVJd+87XkmP9dWN9Jgpf7IUUr7a7jee+byR8LBE=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.11.5/go.mod h1:FvaHNlpT6woVYIl6LAuIeL7yHol1Fp6Gv2Dn21AvH78=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.3.0 h1:ouBETB7nTqRxiO5E8/pySoFZtVEW2VWw55z3/bsUzTw=
-github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.3.0/go.mod h1:SxG/xJKhgPu25SamAq0rrucfp7lbzCpEXOC+vH/ELrY=
-go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.14 h1:7fgLpwGlCN67twhwtngJDEQvrMkUBDSA5vzZqxIDqNE=
-go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.14/go.mod h1:uMAc0U/x7dmtICCrblGf0ZLgYegu3VwQAquu+OFCw1Q=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go v1.12.1 h1:8lWT8q0spL40Nfw6eonJ8OoPGLvF9arvadRRmcSiu9Y=
+github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.4.0 h1:tbp9hxU6m8qZhQTlpGiaIJOm4BXix5lsuEZ7K00dF0s=
+go.unistack.org/micro/v3 v3.10.23 h1:4BE7NwwyJbCWOfzjzztamBxJSgRHHW1uQtMGNDLHG3s=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220817201139-bc19a97f63c8/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -20,5 +16,4 @@ golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9sn
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/kgo.go b/kgo.go
index f83cc81..63c3633 100644
--- a/kgo.go
+++ b/kgo.go
@@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ func (k *Broker) Publish(ctx context.Context, topic string, msg *broker.Message,
 
 func (k *Broker) publish(ctx context.Context, msgs []*broker.Message, opts ...broker.PublishOption) error {
 	k.RLock()
-	if !k.connected {
-		k.RUnlock()
+	ok := k.connected
+	k.RUnlock()
+
+	if !ok {
 		k.Lock()
 		c, err := k.connect(ctx, k.kopts...)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -209,7 +211,6 @@ func (k *Broker) publish(ctx context.Context, msgs []*broker.Message, opts ...br
 		k.connected = true
 		k.Unlock()
 	}
-	k.RUnlock()
 
 	options := broker.NewPublishOptions(opts...)
 	records := make([]*kgo.Record, 0, len(msgs))