diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7e358b3e..063b123f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20250401214520-65e299d6c5c9
 	github.com/xdg-go/scram v1.1.2
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.32.0
-	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1
+	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 15c5b999..51711009 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -170,5 +170,5 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 h1:n9Xl7H1Xvksem4KFG4PYbdQCQxqc/tTUyrgXaOhHSzk=
-k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1/go.mod h1:3Jpz1GvMt720eyJH1ckRHK1EDfpxISzJ7I9OYgaDtPE=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0 h1:Tf+J3AH7xnUzZyVVXhTgGhEKnFqye14aadWv7bzXdzc=
+k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.140.0/go.mod h1:o+/RWfJ6PwpnFn7OyAG3QnO47BFsymfEfrz6XyYSSp0=
diff --git a/kafka_exporter.go b/kafka_exporter.go
index 182b01e5..a7aaf91f 100644
--- a/kafka_exporter.go
+++ b/kafka_exporter.go
@@ -948,6 +948,11 @@ func setup(
 	labels map[string]string,
 ) {
 	klog.InitFlags(flag.CommandLine)
+	// Opt into the new klog behavior so that -stderrthreshold is honored even
+	// when -logtostderr=true (the default).
+	// Ref: kubernetes/klog#212, kubernetes/klog#432
+	flag.Set("legacy_stderr_threshold_behavior", "false") //nolint:errcheck
+	flag.Set("stderrthreshold", "INFO")                   //nolint:errcheck
 	if err := flag.Set("logtostderr", "true"); err != nil {
 		klog.Errorf("Error on setting logtostderr to true: %v", err)
 	}