diff --git a/src/accountingservice/go.mod b/src/accountingservice/go.mod
index 56c970cdf3..a35e4c1e9e 100644
--- a/src/accountingservice/go.mod
+++ b/src/accountingservice/go.mod
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ module github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/src/accountingservice
 go 1.22
 
 require (
-	github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.1
+	github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.2
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.23.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc v1.23.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.23.1
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.23.1
-	google.golang.org/grpc v1.61.0
+	google.golang.org/grpc v1.61.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace v1.23.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.23.1 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v1.1.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe // indirect
diff --git a/src/accountingservice/go.sum b/src/accountingservice/go.sum
index e150c9ac36..d34a6a953e 100644
--- a/src/accountingservice/go.sum
+++ b/src/accountingservice/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.1 h1:wugyWa15TDEHh2kvq2gAy1IHLjEjuYOYgXz/ruC/OSQ=
-github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.1/go.mod h1:Xxho9HkHd4K/MDUo/T/sOqwtX/17D33++E9Wib6hUdQ=
+github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.2 h1:VoY4hVIZ+WQJ8G9KNY/SQlWguBQXQ9uvFPOnrcu8hEw=
+github.com/IBM/sarama v1.42.2/go.mod h1:FLPGUGwYqEs62hq2bVG6Io2+5n+pS6s/WOXVKWSLFtE=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1 h1:y4OZtCnogmCPw98Zjyt5a6+QwPLGkiQsYW5oUqylYbM=
 github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4 v4.2.1/go.mod h1:Y3VNntkOUPxTVeUxJ/G5vcM//AlwfmyYozVcomhLiZE=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0/go.mod h1:CoHD4mav9JJNrW/WLlf7HGZPjdw8EucARQHekz1X6bE=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210921155107-089bfa567519/go.mod h1:GvvjBRRGRdwPK5ydBHafDWAxML/pGHZbMvKqRZ5+Abc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0 h1:PGVlW0xEltQnzFZ55hkuX5+KLyrMYhHld1YHO4AKcdc=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.18.0/go.mod h1:R0j02AL6hcrfOiy9T4ZYp/rcWeMxM3L6QYxlOuEG1mg=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0 h1:ENy+Az/9Y1vSrlrvBSyna3PITt4tiZLf7sgCjZBX7Wo=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.19.0/go.mod h1:Iy9bg/ha4yyC70EfRS8jz+B6ybOBKMaSxLj6P6oBDfU=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200114155413-6afb5195e5aa/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210226172049-e18ecbb05110/go.mod h1:m0MpNAwzfU5UDzcl9v
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20220722155237-a158d28d115b/go.mod h1:XRhObCWvk6IyKnWLug+ECip1KBveYUHfp+8e9klMJ9c=
 golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
 golang.org/x/net v0.7.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/net v0.20.0 h1:aCL9BSgETF1k+blQaYUBx9hJ9LOGP3gAVemcZlf1Kpo=
-golang.org/x/net v0.20.0/go.mod h1:z8BVo6PvndSri0LbOE3hAn0apkU+1YvI6E70E9jsnvY=
+golang.org/x/net v0.21.0 h1:AQyQV4dYCvJ7vGmJyKki9+PBdyvhkSd8EIx/qb0AYv4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.21.0/go.mod h1:bIjVDfnllIU7BJ2DNgfnXvpSvtn8VRwhlsaeUTyUS44=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220722155255-886fb9371eb4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0 h1:60k92dhOjHxJkrqnwsfl8KuaHbn/5dl0lUPUklKo3qE=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0 h1:5BMeUDZ7vkXGfEr1x9B4bRcTH4lpkTkpdh0T/J+qjbQ=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.6.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20201119102817-f84b799fce68/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210615035016-665e8c7367d1/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220520151302-bc2c85ada10a/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220722155257-8c9f86f7a55f/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 h1:xWw16ngr6ZMtmxDyKyIgsE93KNKz5HKmMa3b8ALHidU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 h1:25cE3gD+tdBA7lp7QfhuV+rJiE9YXTcS3VG1SqssI/Y=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211/go.mod h1:jbD1KX2456YbFQfuXm/mYQcufACuNUgVhRMnK/tPxf8=
 golang.org/x/term v0.5.0/go.mod h1:jMB1sMXY+tzblOD4FWmEbocvup2/aLOaQEp7JmGp78k=
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe/go.mod h1:4jWUdICTdgc3Ibxmr8nAJiiLHwQBY0UI0XZcEMaFKaA=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe h1:bQnxqljG/wqi4NTXu2+DJ3n7APcEA882QZ1JvhQAq9o=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240125205218-1f4bbc51befe/go.mod h1:PAREbraiVEVGVdTZsVWjSbbTtSyGbAgIIvni8a8CD5s=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.61.0 h1:TOvOcuXn30kRao+gfcvsebNEa5iZIiLkisYEkf7R7o0=
-google.golang.org/grpc v1.61.0/go.mod h1:VUbo7IFqmF1QtCAstipjG0GIoq49KvMe9+h1jFLBNJs=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.61.1 h1:kLAiWrZs7YeDM6MumDe7m3y4aM6wacLzM1Y/wiLP9XY=
+google.golang.org/grpc v1.61.1/go.mod h1:VUbo7IFqmF1QtCAstipjG0GIoq49KvMe9+h1jFLBNJs=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0 h1:rNBFJjBCOgVr9pWD7rs/knKL4FRTKgpZmsRfV214zcA=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Dk1tviKTvMCz5tvh7t+fh94dhmQVHuCt2OzJB3CTW9Y=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
diff --git a/src/accountingservice/kafka/consumer.go b/src/accountingservice/kafka/consumer.go
index 1599a507ae..2b1ab2b490 100644
--- a/src/accountingservice/kafka/consumer.go
+++ b/src/accountingservice/kafka/consumer.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ package kafka
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"log"
-
 	pb "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-demo/src/accountingservice/genproto/oteldemo"
 
 	"github.com/IBM/sarama"
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ var (
 	GroupID         = "accountingservice"
 )
 
-func StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, brokers []string, log *logrus.Logger) error {
+func StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, brokers []string, log *logrus.Logger) (sarama.ConsumerGroup, error) {
 	saramaConfig := sarama.NewConfig()
 	saramaConfig.Version = ProtocolVersion
 	// So we can know the partition and offset of messages.
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ func StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, brokers []string, log *logrus.Logge
 
 	consumerGroup, err := sarama.NewConsumerGroup(brokers, GroupID, saramaConfig)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	handler := groupHandler{
@@ -37,9 +35,10 @@ func StartConsumerGroup(ctx context.Context, brokers []string, log *logrus.Logge
 
 	err = consumerGroup.Consume(ctx, []string{Topic}, &handler)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return nil
+
+	return consumerGroup, nil
 }
 
 type groupHandler struct {
@@ -64,7 +63,11 @@ func (g *groupHandler) ConsumeClaim(session sarama.ConsumerGroupSession, claim s
 				return err
 			}
 
-			log.Printf("Message claimed: orderId = %s, timestamp = %v, topic = %s", orderResult.OrderId, message.Timestamp, message.Topic)
+			g.log.WithFields(logrus.Fields{
+				"orderId":          orderResult.OrderId,
+				"messageTimestamp": message.Timestamp,
+				"messageTopic":     message.Topic,
+			}).Info("Message claimed")
 			session.MarkMessage(message, "")
 
 		case <-session.Context().Done():
diff --git a/src/accountingservice/main.go b/src/accountingservice/main.go
index 60f966b06d..e2eb7a3dd0 100644
--- a/src/accountingservice/main.go
+++ b/src/accountingservice/main.go
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import (
 	"os/signal"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/IBM/sarama"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/otlp/otlptrace/otlptracegrpc"
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ func main() {
 		if err := tp.Shutdown(context.Background()); err != nil {
 			log.Printf("Error shutting down tracer provider: %v", err)
 		}
+		log.Println("Shutdown trace provider")
 	}()
 
 	var brokers string
@@ -93,13 +96,22 @@ func main() {
 	brokerList := strings.Split(brokers, ",")
 	log.Printf("Kafka brokers: %s", strings.Join(brokerList, ", "))
 
-	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
+	ctx, cancel := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGKILL)
 	defer cancel()
-	if err := kafka.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, brokerList, log); err != nil {
+	var consumerGroup sarama.ConsumerGroup
+	if consumerGroup, err = kafka.StartConsumerGroup(ctx, brokerList, log); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := consumerGroup.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error closing consumer group: %v", err)
+		}
+		log.Println("Closed consumer group")
+	}()
 
 	<-ctx.Done()
+
+	log.Println("Accounting service exited")
 }
 
 func mustMapEnv(target *string, envKey string) {