diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7245dcf..fdd79dc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-commons v0.3.0
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.10.1
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.61.0
-	github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.19.1
 	github.com/linkedin/goavro/v2 v2.13.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.3-0.20240816073751-94ecbc261689
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v2 v2.0.0-20161208151619-d5d1b5820637
 )
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/twmb/go-cache v1.2.1 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 732346d..d8893f1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0 h1:2ag3IFq9ZDANvthTwTiqSSZLjDc+BedvHPAp5tJy2TI
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.5.0/go.mod h1:y5/lhBue+AyNmUVz9RLU9xbLR0o4KIIExikq4ovT0aE=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.19.1 h1:xBoz8/O6r0QAR8eEvKJZMdofxiRH+F0M/7MU9eNKhsM=
-github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.19.1/go.mod h1:x7ZlyB1AZqwqKZgyQlnqEG8FDptmHlncA5u2zY/yi6w=
 github.com/jgautheron/goconst v1.7.1 h1:VpdAG7Ca7yvvJk5n8dMwQhfEZJh95kl/Hl9S1OI5Jkk=
 github.com/jgautheron/goconst v1.7.1/go.mod h1:aAosetZ5zaeC/2EfMeRswtxUFBpe2Hr7HzkgX4fanO4=
 github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.16.0 h1:54fZg+49widqXYQ0b+usAFHbMkBGR4PpXrsHc8+TBDg=
@@ -635,8 +633,8 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 h1:pPJltXNxVzT4pK9yD8vR9X75DaWYYmLGMsEvBfFQZzQ=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2 h1:3QdXkuq3Bkh7w+ywLdLvM56cmGvQHUMZpiCzt6Rqaoo=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2/go.mod h1:s3/l6xSSCURdVfAnL+TqCNMyTDAGN6+lZeVxnZR128Y=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0 h1:IdH9y6PF5MPSdAntIcpjQ+tXO41pcQsfZV2RxtQgVcw=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0/go.mod h1:1gLDyUQU7CTLJI90u3nXZ9ekeghjeM7pTDZlqFNg2AA=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.3-0.20240816073751-94ecbc261689 h1:hNwajDgT0MlsxZzlUajZVmUYFpts8/CYe4BSNx503ZE=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.3-0.20240816073751-94ecbc261689/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=