diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6c6e96b..94cdc96 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/conduitio/conduit-connector-sdk v0.7.2
-	github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.15.0
+	github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.18.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 	golang.org/x/net v0.7.0
 	gopkg.in/tomb.v2 v2.0.0-20161208151619-d5d1b5820637
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f8017d..b3323e9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3 h1:/Gcsuc1x8JVbJ9/rlye4xZnVAbEkGauT8lbebqcQws4
 github.com/huandu/xstrings v1.3.3/go.mod h1:y5/lhBue+AyNmUVz9RLU9xbLR0o4KIIExikq4ovT0aE=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11 h1:3tnifQM4i+fbajXKBHXWEH+KvNHqojZ778UH75j3bGA=
 github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.11/go.mod h1:jmQim1M+e3UYxmgPu/WyfjB3N3VflVyUjjjwH0dnCYA=
-github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.15.0 h1:wcEVaPKFE53NvdT4fl+w3b0IXdefp1Yk0BdBs0APCoA=
-github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.15.0/go.mod h1:x7ZlyB1AZqwqKZgyQlnqEG8FDptmHlncA5u2zY/yi6w=
+github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.18.1 h1:w4QquUuTgTw2K1i3FQ8j/FOWS+kCdUr+w5vgV63dtZ4=
+github.com/jaswdr/faker v1.18.1/go.mod h1:x7ZlyB1AZqwqKZgyQlnqEG8FDptmHlncA5u2zY/yi6w=
 github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.6.0/go.mod h1:eaTn3RZAmMBcV0fifFvlm6VHNz3wSkYyXYWUh7ymB74=
 github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.10.2-0.20211108190630-d551e22cd340 h1:Vdzuzjwa0C0Vd7+eBTXaEKqarx2S0TG1u5TTugjHLkk=
 github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0 h1:uvFg412JmmHBHw7iwprIxkPMI+sGQ4kzOWsMeHnm2EA=