diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index 2d2f4cbf67086..8d4f9a2fd0e67 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ rustflags = "-Lnative=/lib/native-libs"
 rustflags = "-Lnative=/lib/native-libs"
 
 [target.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-rdynamic"]
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-rdynamic", "-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
 
 [target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
-rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-rdynamic"]
+rustflags = ["-C", "link-args=-rdynamic", "-C", "link-arg=-fuse-ld=lld"]
 
 [target.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
 # https://github.com/dtolnay/inventory/issues/58
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f4d017832d237..951a8b9081fb2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -18,21 +18,6 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b5ace29ee3216de37c0546865ad08edef58b0f9e76838ed8959a84a990e58c5"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "addr2line"
-version = "0.21.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8a30b2e23b9e17a9f90641c7ab1549cd9b44f296d3ccbf309d2863cfe398a0cb"
-dependencies = [
- "gimli",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "adler"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "adler2"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -1616,21 +1601,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "backtrace"
-version = "0.3.69"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2089b7e3f35b9dd2d0ed921ead4f6d318c27680d4a5bd167b3ee120edb105837"
-dependencies = [
- "addr2line",
- "cc",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "miniz_oxide 0.7.1",
- "object",
- "rustc-demangle",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "base16"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1686,6 +1656,24 @@ version = "1.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8c3c1a368f70d6cf7302d78f8f7093da241fb8e8807c05cc9e51a125895a6d5b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bindgen"
+version = "0.72.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "993776b509cfb49c750f11b8f07a46fa23e0a1386ffc01fb1e7d343efc387895"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.0",
+ "cexpr",
+ "clang-sys",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.95",
+ "quote 1.0.40",
+ "regex",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "shlex",
+ "syn 2.0.101",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
 version = "0.8.0"
@@ -2022,10 +2010,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
-version = "1.2.15"
+version = "1.2.60"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c736e259eea577f443d5c86c304f9f4ae0295c43f3ba05c21f1d66b5f06001af"
+checksum = "43c5703da9466b66a946814e1adf53ea2c90f10063b86290cc9eb67ce3478a20"
 dependencies = [
+ "find-msvc-tools",
  "jobserver",
  "libc",
  "shlex",
@@ -2037,6 +2026,15 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6d43a04d8753f35258c91f8ec639f792891f748a1edbd759cf1dcea3382ad83c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cexpr"
+version = "0.6.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6fac387a98bb7c37292057cffc56d62ecb629900026402633ae9160df93a8766"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cfb-mode"
 version = "0.8.2"
@@ -2104,7 +2102,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "serde",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-link",
+ "windows-link 0.1.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2173,6 +2171,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "clang-sys"
+version = "1.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0b023947811758c97c59bf9d1c188fd619ad4718dcaa767947df1cadb14f39f4"
+dependencies = [
+ "glob",
+ "libc",
+ "libloading",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.37"
@@ -2255,9 +2264,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cmake"
-version = "0.1.50"
+version = "0.1.58"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a31c789563b815f77f4250caee12365734369f942439b7defd71e18a48197130"
+checksum = "c0f78a02292a74a88ac736019ab962ece0bc380e3f977bf72e376c5d78ff0678"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
@@ -2326,7 +2335,7 @@ version = "3.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fde0e0ec90c9dfb3b4b1a0891a7dcd0e2bffde2f7efed5fe7c9bb00e5bfb915e"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2778,9 +2787,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "curl-sys"
-version = "0.4.74+curl-8.9.0"
+version = "0.4.87+curl-8.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8af10b986114528fcdc4b63b6f5f021b7057618411046a4de2ba0f0149a097bf"
+checksum = "61a460380f0ef783703dcbe909107f39c162adeac050d73c850055118b5b6327"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -2788,7 +2797,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "openssl-sys",
  "pkg-config",
  "vcpkg",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3136,7 +3145,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users 0.5.0",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3511,7 +3520,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33d852cb9b869c2a9b3df2f71a3074817f01e1844f839a144f5fcef059a4eb5d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3724,6 +3733,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "find-msvc-tools"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5baebc0774151f905a1a2cc41989300b1e6fbb29aff0ceffa1064fdd3088d582"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "finl_unicode"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -3744,7 +3759,7 @@ checksum = "7ced92e76e966ca2fd84c8f7aa01a4aea65b0eb6648d72f7c8f3e2764a67fece"
 dependencies = [
  "crc32fast",
  "libz-rs-sys",
- "miniz_oxide 0.8.8",
+ "miniz_oxide",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4029,12 +4044,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gimli"
-version = "0.28.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "glob"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -4723,7 +4732,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "httpdate",
  "itoa",
  "pin-project-lite",
- "socket2 0.4.10",
+ "socket2 0.5.9",
  "tokio",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing 0.1.41",
@@ -5713,6 +5722,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "rle-decode-fast",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libloading"
+version = "0.8.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7c4b02199fee7c5d21a5ae7d8cfa79a6ef5bb2fc834d6e9058e89c825efdc55"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-link 0.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -5750,9 +5769,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libz-sys"
-version = "1.1.12"
+version = "1.1.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d97137b25e321a73eef1418d1d5d2eda4d77e12813f8e6dead84bc52c5870a7b"
+checksum = "fc3a226e576f50782b3305c5ccf458698f92798987f551c6a02efe8276721e22"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -6114,15 +6133,6 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "miniz_oxide"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e7810e0be55b428ada41041c41f32c9f1a42817901b4ccf45fa3d4b6561e74c7"
-dependencies = [
- "adler",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.8.8"
@@ -6736,7 +6746,7 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af1844ef2428cc3e1cb900be36181049ef3d3193c63e43026cfe202983b27a56"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-crate 3.2.0",
+ "proc-macro-crate 1.3.1",
  "proc-macro2 1.0.95",
  "quote 1.0.40",
  "syn 2.0.101",
@@ -6795,15 +6805,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "object"
-version = "0.32.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cf5f9dd3933bd50a9e1f149ec995f39ae2c496d31fd772c1fd45ebc27e902b0"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "octseq"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -6968,9 +6969,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "openssl-sys"
-version = "0.9.107"
+version = "0.9.113"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8288979acd84749c744a9014b4382d42b8f7b2592847b5afb2ed29e5d16ede07"
+checksum = "ad2f2c0eba47118757e4c6d2bff2838f3e0523380021356e7875e858372ce644"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
  "libc",
@@ -7360,9 +7361,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
-version = "0.3.27"
+version = "0.3.33"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26072860ba924cbfa98ea39c8c19b4dd6a4a25423dbdf219c1eca91aa0cf6964"
+checksum = "19f132c84eca552bf34cab8ec81f1c1dcc229b811638f9d283dceabe58c5569e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "platforms"
@@ -7823,7 +7824,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e9552f850d5f0964a4e4d0bf306459ac29323ddfbae05e35a7c0d35cb0803cc5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
  "proc-macro2 1.0.95",
  "quote 1.0.40",
  "syn 2.0.101",
@@ -8087,7 +8088,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "socket2 0.5.9",
  "tracing 0.1.41",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8314,9 +8315,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rdkafka"
-version = "0.37.0"
+version = "0.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "14b52c81ac3cac39c9639b95c20452076e74b8d9a71bc6fc4d83407af2ea6fff"
+checksum = "5f1856d72dbbbea0d2a5b2eaf6af7fb3847ef2746e883b11781446a51dbc85c0"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
@@ -8332,9 +8333,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rdkafka-sys"
-version = "4.8.0+2.3.0"
+version = "4.9.0+2.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ced38182dc436b3d9df0c77976f37a67134df26b050df1f0006688e46fc4c8be"
+checksum = "5230dca48bc354d718269f3e4353280e188b610f7af7e2fcf54b7a79d5802872"
 dependencies = [
  "cmake",
  "curl-sys",
@@ -8798,17 +8799,11 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rustc-demangle"
-version = "0.1.23"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-hash"
-version = "2.0.0"
+version = "2.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "583034fd73374156e66797ed8e5b0d5690409c9226b22d87cb7f19821c05d152"
+checksum = "94300abf3f1ae2e2b8ffb7b58043de3d399c73fa6f4b73826402a5c457614dbe"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc_version"
@@ -8875,7 +8870,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys 0.9.2",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9677,6 +9672,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "socket2"
+version = "0.6.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a766e1110788c36f4fa1c2b71b387a7815aa65f88ce0229841826633d93723e"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "spin"
 version = "0.5.2"
@@ -10205,7 +10210,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.1",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix 1.0.1",
- "windows-sys 0.59.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10407,21 +10412,20 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.44.2"
+version = "1.50.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6b88822cbe49de4185e3a4cbf8321dd487cf5fe0c5c65695fef6346371e9c48"
+checksum = "27ad5e34374e03cfffefc301becb44e9dc3c17584f414349ebe29ed26661822d"
 dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
  "bytes 1.10.1",
  "libc",
  "mio",
  "parking_lot",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "signal-hook-registry",
- "socket2 0.5.9",
+ "socket2 0.6.3",
  "tokio-macros",
  "tracing 0.1.41",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -10447,9 +10451,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-macros"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "6e06d43f1345a3bcd39f6a56dbb7dcab2ba47e68e8ac134855e7e2bdbaf8cab8"
+checksum = "5c55a2eff8b69ce66c84f85e1da1c233edc36ceb85a2058d11b0d6a3c7e7569c"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2 1.0.95",
  "quote 1.0.40",
@@ -12481,6 +12485,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6dccfd733ce2b1753b03b6d3c65edf020262ea35e20ccdf3e288043e6dd620e3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-link"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-registry"
 version = "0.2.0"
@@ -12567,6 +12577,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.61.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link 0.2.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-targets"
 version = "0.42.2"
@@ -13001,10 +13020,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd-sys"
-version = "2.0.13+zstd.1.5.6"
+version = "2.0.16+zstd.1.5.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "38ff0f21cfee8f97d94cef41359e0c89aa6113028ab0291aa8ca0038995a95aa"
+checksum = "91e19ebc2adc8f83e43039e79776e3fda8ca919132d68a1fed6a5faca2683748"
 dependencies = [
+ "bindgen",
  "cc",
  "pkg-config",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8322a7ceeb45c..fa49b127a35b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ pulsar = { version = "6.3.0", default-features = false, features = ["tokio-runti
 quick-junit = { version = "0.5.1" }
 rand.workspace = true
 rand_distr.workspace = true
-rdkafka = { version = "0.37.0", default-features = false, features = ["curl-static", "tokio", "libz", "ssl", "zstd"], optional = true }
+rdkafka = { version = "0.38.0", default-features = false, features = ["curl-static", "tokio", "libz", "ssl", "zstd"], optional = true }
 redis = { version = "0.24.0", default-features = false, features = ["connection-manager", "tokio-comp", "tokio-native-tls-comp"], optional = true }
 regex = { version = "1.11.1", default-features = false, features = ["std", "perf"] }
 roaring = { version = "0.10.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"], optional = true }
diff --git a/Dockerfile.unit b/Dockerfile.unit
index 44c75f72181e9..5be7064938c6e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.unit
+++ b/Dockerfile.unit
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ RUN INSTALL_PKGS=" \
       llvm-toolset \
       cyrus-sasl \
       llvm \
+      lld \
       cyrus-sasl-devel \
       libtool \
       " && \