diff --git a/common/queue/pom.xml b/common/queue/pom.xml
index 69adac81b4..b98388d897 100644
--- a/common/queue/pom.xml
+++ b/common/queue/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.lz4</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
             <artifactId>google-cloud-pubsub</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ce9d666615..ee2b6368a5 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         org.apache.kafka.common.network.NetworkReceive class in the application module. It addresses the issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-4090.
         Here is the source to track https://github.com/apache/kafka/tree/trunk/clients/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network -->
         <kafka.version>3.9.1</kafka.version>
+        <lz4.version>1.8.1</lz4.version> <!-- to fix CVE-2025-12183 introduced through kafka-clients 3.9.1 TODO: remove when kafka-clients is bumped -->
         <bucket4j.version>8.10.1</bucket4j.version>
         <antlr.version>3.5.3</antlr.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.2</snakeyaml.version>
@@ -1153,6 +1154,17 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
                 <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
                 <version>${kafka.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.lz4</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.lz4</groupId>
+                <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>
+                <version>${lz4.version}</version> <!-- to fix CVE introduced through kafka-clients 3.9.1 -->
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.github.springtestdbunit</groupId>
diff --git a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml
index 4fc5a55c5e..facca306ce 100644
--- a/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml
+++ b/rule-engine/rule-engine-components/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.lz4</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lz4-java</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-sns</artifactId>