diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 842d06457c..dc97dbc671 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.1
+	github.com/inetaf/tcpproxy v0.0.0-20240214030015-3ce58045626c
 	github.com/ipfs/go-ds-leveldb v0.5.0
 	github.com/ipfs/go-log/v2 v2.5.1
 	github.com/joho/godotenv v1.5.1
@@ -142,7 +143,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.25.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
-	inet.af/tcpproxy v0.0.0-20200125044825-b6bb9b5b8252
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.1
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.31.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1eecbb9b70..368b80aa95 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e h1:QEF07wC0T1rKkctt1
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hCbHZ8TKRvWD2dDTCfh9M9ya+I9JpbB7O8o=
 github.com/armon/consul-api v0.0.0-20180202201655-eb2c6b5be1b6/go.mod h1:grANhF5doyWs3UAsr3K4I6qtAmlQcZDesFNEHPZAzj8=
 github.com/armon/go-metrics v0.0.0-20180917152333-f0300d1749da/go.mod h1:Q73ZrmVTwzkszR9V5SSuryQ31EELlFMUz1kKyl939pY=
+github.com/armon/go-proxyproto v0.0.0-20210323213023-7e956b284f0a/go.mod h1:QmP9hvJ91BbJmGVGSbutW19IC0Q9phDCLGaomwTJbgU=
 github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5 h1:0CwZNZbxp69SHPdPJAN/hZIm0C4OItdklCFmMRWYpio=
 github.com/armon/go-socks5 v0.0.0-20160902184237-e75332964ef5/go.mod h1:wHh0iHkYZB8zMSxRWpUBQtwG5a7fFgvEO+odwuTv2gs=
@@ -870,6 +871,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANyt
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.1/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
+github.com/inetaf/tcpproxy v0.0.0-20240214030015-3ce58045626c h1:gYfYE403/nlrGNYj6BEOs9ucLCAGB9gstlSk92DttTg=
+github.com/inetaf/tcpproxy v0.0.0-20240214030015-3ce58045626c/go.mod h1:Di7LXRyUcnvAcLicFhtM9/MlZl/TNgRSDHORM2c6CMI=
 github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.3.0/go.mod h1:fdz3mD85cmP9sHD8JUlrNWAxvwM86CrbmVXltEKd7zk=
 github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.7.0 h1:x6RclP6LiJc24t9mf47BRbjf06B8oVisZMBv31x3rKc=
 github.com/intel/goresctrl v0.7.0/go.mod h1:T3ZZnuHSNouwELB5wvOoUJaB7l/4Rm23rJy/wuWJlr0=
@@ -2237,8 +2240,6 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2019.2.3/go.mod h1:a3bituU0lyd329TUQxRnasdCoJDkEUEAqEt
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.3/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.1-2020.1.4/go.mod h1:X/FiERA/W4tHapMX5mGpAtMSVEeEUOyHaw9vFzvIQ3k=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.1.3/go.mod h1:NgwopIslSNH47DimFoV78dnkksY2EFtX0ajyb3K/las=
-inet.af/tcpproxy v0.0.0-20200125044825-b6bb9b5b8252 h1:gmJCKidOfjKDUHF1jjke+I+2iQIyE3HNNxu2OKO/FUI=
-inet.af/tcpproxy v0.0.0-20200125044825-b6bb9b5b8252/go.mod h1:zq+R+tLcdHugi7Jt+FtIQY6m6wtX34lr2CdQVH2fhW0=
 k8s.io/cri-client v0.31.1 h1:w5D7BAhiaSVVDZqHs7YUZPpuUCybx8tCxfdBuDBw7zo=
 k8s.io/cri-client v0.31.1/go.mod h1:voVfZexZQwvlf/JD8w30sGN0k22LRcHRfCj7+m4kAXE=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20210813121822-485abfe95c7c/go.mod h1:FiNAH4ZV3gBg2Kwh89tzAEV2be7d5xI0vBa/VySYy3E=
diff --git a/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go b/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go
index 567d825a2b..c75ea5fec4 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer.go
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/inetaf/tcpproxy"
 	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/version"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"inet.af/tcpproxy"
 )
 
 // server tracks the connections to a server, so that they can be closed when the server is removed.