diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 140357545c3..f88268120bf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/ti-mo/conntrack v0.5.1
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0
-	github.com/vmware/go-ipfix v0.9.0
+	github.com/vmware/go-ipfix v0.10.0
 	go.uber.org/mock v0.4.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.20.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7f65cdd6dce..4af11307196 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -766,8 +766,8 @@ github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.0/go.mod h1:i6NetklAujEcC6fK0JPjT8qSwWyO0HLn
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.0-20200728191858-db3c7e526aae/go.mod h1:DD4vA1DwXk04H54A1oHXtwZmA0grkVMdPxx/VGLCah0=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 h1:Oeaw1EM2JMxD51g9uhtC0D7erkIjgmj8+JZc26m1YX8=
 github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4/go.mod h1:SpkAiCQRtJ6TvvxPnOSyH3BMl6unz3xZlaprSwhNNJM=
-github.com/vmware/go-ipfix v0.9.0 h1:4/N5eFliqULEaCUQV0lafOpN/1bItPE9OTAPGhrIXus=
-github.com/vmware/go-ipfix v0.9.0/go.mod h1:MYEdL6Uel2ufOZyVCKvIAaw9hwnewK8aPr7rnwRbxMY=
+github.com/vmware/go-ipfix v0.10.0 h1:MYd4bAiaP8fD1M8jYP5/ojwUBPvLqasodS3YwnI3ZpQ=
+github.com/vmware/go-ipfix v0.10.0/go.mod h1:a39eX0v1P8y8EGPU0y77hf8JHJHjuaXxdizXMPZw1VY=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2 h1:eY9dn8+vbi4tKz5Qo6v2eYzo7kUS51QINcR5jNpbZS8=
 github.com/xiang90/probing v0.0.0-20190116061207-43a291ad63a2/go.mod h1:UETIi67q53MR2AWcXfiuqkDkRtnGDLqkBTpCHuJHxtU=
 github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0 h1:HzHnuAF1plUN2zGlAFHbSQP2qJ0ZAD3XF5XD7OesXRQ=
diff --git a/pkg/ipfix/ipfix_collector.go b/pkg/ipfix/ipfix_collector.go
index 659ce466a6f..26be98e4ca0 100644
--- a/pkg/ipfix/ipfix_collector.go
+++ b/pkg/ipfix/ipfix_collector.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 type IPFIXCollectingProcess interface {
 	Start()
 	Stop()
-	GetMsgChan() chan *ipfixentities.Message
+	GetMsgChan() <-chan *ipfixentities.Message
 	GetNumRecordsReceived() int64
 	GetNumConnToCollector() int64
 }
diff --git a/pkg/ipfix/testing/mock_ipfix.go b/pkg/ipfix/testing/mock_ipfix.go
index 455a28cb1f2..7bf265b84a9 100644
--- a/pkg/ipfix/testing/mock_ipfix.go
+++ b/pkg/ipfix/testing/mock_ipfix.go
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ func (m *MockIPFIXCollectingProcess) EXPECT() *MockIPFIXCollectingProcessMockRec
 }
 
 // GetMsgChan mocks base method.
-func (m *MockIPFIXCollectingProcess) GetMsgChan() chan *entities.Message {
+func (m *MockIPFIXCollectingProcess) GetMsgChan() <-chan *entities.Message {
 	m.ctrl.T.Helper()
 	ret := m.ctrl.Call(m, "GetMsgChan")
-	ret0, _ := ret[0].(chan *entities.Message)
+	ret0, _ := ret[0].(<-chan *entities.Message)
 	return ret0
 }