diff --git a/src/go/rdctl/go.mod b/src/go/rdctl/go.mod
index 12238faf355..1491214842c 100644
--- a/src/go/rdctl/go.mod
+++ b/src/go/rdctl/go.mod
@@ -6,12 +6,11 @@ toolchain go1.24.2
 
 require (
 	github.com/adrg/xdg v0.5.3
-	github.com/docker/cli v29.0.2+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/cli v29.0.3+incompatible
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.1
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.4-0.20230606125235-dd1b4c2e81af
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.38.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.31.0
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.2 // indirect
diff --git a/src/go/rdctl/go.sum b/src/go/rdctl/go.sum
index 5bc867bd8d4..63416a3f245 100644
--- a/src/go/rdctl/go.sum
+++ b/src/go/rdctl/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/docker/cli v29.0.2+incompatible h1:iLuKy2GWOSLXGp8feLYBJQVDv7m/8xoofz6lPq41x6A=
-github.com/docker/cli v29.0.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
+github.com/docker/cli v29.0.3+incompatible h1:8J+PZIcF2xLd6h5sHPsp5pvvJA+Sr2wGQxHkRl53a1E=
+github.com/docker/cli v29.0.3+incompatible/go.mod h1:JLrzqnKDaYBop7H2jaqPtU4hHvMKP+vjCwu2uszcLI8=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.4 h1:76ItO69/AP/V4yT9V4uuuItG0B1N8hvt0T0c0NN/DzI=
 github.com/docker/docker-credential-helpers v0.9.4/go.mod h1:v1S+hepowrQXITkEfw6o4+BMbGot02wiKpzWhGUZK6c=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=