What's Changed

:bug: Fixes

• fix: pre-compile regex for parsing kafka version by @qshuai in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/2663
• fix(client): ignore empty Metadata responses when refreshing by @HaoSunUber in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/2672

:package: Dependency updates

• chore(deps): bump the golang-org-x group with 2 updates by @dependabot in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/2661
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from 0.16.0 to 0.17.0 by @dependabot in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/2671

:memo: Documentation

• fix(docs): correct topic name in rebalancing strategy example by @maksadbek in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/2657

New Contributors

• @maksadbek made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/2657
• @qshuai made their first contribution in https://github.com/IBM/sarama/pull/2663

Full Changelog: https://github.com/IBM/sarama/compare/v1.41.2...v1.41.3