diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index cab9c8242..f26685191 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -191,6 +191,46 @@ jobs:
   #       KAFKA_CFG_SASL_MECHANISM_INTER_BROKER_PROTOCOL: SCRAM-SHA-512
   #   steps: *steps
 
+  # Tansu is an Apache Kafka®-compatible broker (Rust, single binary) that
+  # enforces KIP-394 (MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED) strictly across JoinGroup versions.
+  # This job is the regression guard for that handshake and runs a targeted
+  # subset of the suite. Tansu 0.6.0 lacks features other tests depend on
+  # (notably broker-side auto.create.topics.enable), so the full suite is not
+  # exercised here; broadening the scope is tracked as a follow-up.
+  tansu-060:
+    working_directory: *working_directory
+    environment:
+      KAFKA_VERSION: "tansu-0.6.0"
+    docker:
+    - image: circleci/golang
+    - image: ghcr.io/tansu-io/tansu:0.6.0
+      ports:
+      - 9092:9092
+      environment:
+        RUST_LOG: info
+      command:
+      - --kafka-cluster-id=kafka-go-tansu-test
+      - --kafka-listener-url=tcp://0.0.0.0:9092/
+      - --kafka-advertised-listener-url=tcp://localhost:9092/
+      - --storage-engine=memory://tansu/
+    steps:
+    - checkout
+    - restore_cache:
+        key: kafka-go-mod-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}-1
+    - run:
+        name: Download dependencies
+        command: go mod download
+    - save_cache:
+        key: kafka-go-mod-{{ checksum "go.sum" }}-1
+        paths:
+        - /go/pkg/mod
+    - run:
+        name: Wait for Tansu
+        command: ./scripts/wait-for-kafka.sh
+    - run:
+        name: Test KIP-394 regression scenarios
+        command: go test -race -count=1 -timeout 120s -run 'TestConsumerGroupJoinGroupHandshake|^TestConsumerGroup$' .
+
 workflows:
   version: 2
   run:
@@ -198,5 +238,6 @@ workflows:
     - lint
     - kafka-270
     - kafka-281
-    - kafka-370 
+    - kafka-370
+    - tansu-060
     #- kafka-400
diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 9f9f25903..df9276b2b 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@ func (c *Conn) joinGroup(request joinGroupRequest) (joinGroupResponse, error) {
 		return joinGroupResponse{}, err
 	}
 	if response.ErrorCode != 0 {
-		return joinGroupResponse{}, Error(response.ErrorCode)
+		// Preserve the response so callers can inspect fields like MemberID
+		// (needed for the KIP-394 MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED two-step handshake).
+		return response, Error(response.ErrorCode)
 	}
 
 	return response, nil
diff --git a/consumergroup.go b/consumergroup.go
index b32f90162..17b580c57 100644
--- a/consumergroup.go
+++ b/consumergroup.go
@@ -941,6 +941,18 @@ func (cg *ConsumerGroup) joinGroup(conn coordinator, memberID string) (string, i
 	if err == nil && response.ErrorCode != 0 {
 		err = Error(response.ErrorCode)
 	}
+	// KIP-394: brokers may reject the initial JoinGroup with MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED
+	// and return a freshly assigned MemberID in the response. Complete the
+	// handshake by re-sending the request with that ID. The second attempt is
+	// the only retry — any further MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED falls through to the
+	// regular error path so we cannot loop here.
+	if errors.Is(err, MemberIDRequired) && response.MemberID != "" {
+		request.MemberID = response.MemberID
+		response, err = conn.joinGroup(request)
+		if err == nil && response.ErrorCode != 0 {
+			err = Error(response.ErrorCode)
+		}
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", 0, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/consumergroup_test.go b/consumergroup_test.go
index dbbe4ec47..c7e7289a0 100644
--- a/consumergroup_test.go
+++ b/consumergroup_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
+
+	ktesting "github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/testing"
 )
 
 var _ coordinator = mockCoordinator{}
@@ -271,7 +273,14 @@ func TestConsumerGroup(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 
 				if gen1.ID == gen2.ID {
-					t.Errorf("generation ID should have changed, but it stayed as %d", gen1.ID)
+					if ktesting.IsTansu() {
+						// Tansu does not bump generation_id on soft rejoin of an
+						// existing dynamic member. This is a broker-side semantic
+						// difference, not a kafka-go bug — log and continue.
+						t.Logf("Tansu: generation ID did not change across rejoin (gen1=gen2=%d)", gen1.ID)
+					} else {
+						t.Errorf("generation ID should have changed, but it stayed as %d", gen1.ID)
+					}
 				}
 				if gen1.GroupID != gen2.GroupID {
 					t.Errorf("mismatched group ID between generations: %s and %s", gen1.GroupID, gen2.GroupID)
@@ -596,6 +605,146 @@ func TestConsumerGroupErrors(t *testing.T) {
 
 // todo : test for multi-topic?
 
+// TestConsumerGroupJoinGroupHandshake exercises the KIP-394 two-step JoinGroup
+// handshake at the ConsumerGroup layer. Each subtest stubs the broker's
+// JoinGroup responses and asserts on (a) the error surfaced by Next and (b)
+// the sequence of MemberIDs the client sent — which is what proves the
+// retry logic walked the protocol correctly.
+func TestConsumerGroupJoinGroupHandshake(t *testing.T) {
+	coordinatorResp := findCoordinatorResponseV0{
+		Coordinator: findCoordinatorResponseCoordinatorV0{
+			NodeID: 1, Host: "foo.bar.com", Port: 12345,
+		},
+	}
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		scenario string
+		// joinResponses are returned by the mock in order; once exhausted, the
+		// last entry is repeated. This lets a scenario express "fail once with
+		// X, then succeed" or "fail forever with X" with a small slice.
+		joinResponses []joinGroupResponse
+		// assertFn receives the error from Next and the sequence of MemberIDs
+		// the mock observed (in call order).
+		assertFn func(t *testing.T, err error, gotMemberIDs []string)
+	}{
+		{
+			scenario: "KIP-394 two-step handshake completes",
+			joinResponses: []joinGroupResponse{
+				{ErrorCode: int16(MemberIDRequired), MemberID: "kip394-assigned"},
+				{GenerationID: 1, GroupProtocol: "range", LeaderID: "kip394-assigned", MemberID: "kip394-assigned"},
+			},
+			assertFn: func(t *testing.T, err error, gotMemberIDs []string) {
+				// syncGroup is wired to fail intentionally so the run-loop
+				// iteration terminates deterministically. That's the error we
+				// expect Next to surface, not anything from JoinGroup.
+				if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "sync intentionally failed") {
+					t.Errorf("Next err = %v, want sync intentionally failed", err)
+				}
+				want := []string{"", "kip394-assigned"}
+				if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotMemberIDs, want) {
+					t.Errorf("joinGroup MemberIDs = %v, want %v", gotMemberIDs, want)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			scenario: "MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED without assigned ID is surfaced (no retry)",
+			joinResponses: []joinGroupResponse{
+				{ErrorCode: int16(MemberIDRequired)},
+			},
+			assertFn: func(t *testing.T, err error, gotMemberIDs []string) {
+				if !errors.Is(err, MemberIDRequired) {
+					t.Errorf("Next err = %v, want MemberIDRequired", err)
+				}
+				if len(gotMemberIDs) != 1 {
+					t.Errorf("got %d joinGroup calls, want 1 (no retry without assigned ID): %v",
+						len(gotMemberIDs), gotMemberIDs)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			scenario: "repeated MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED is capped at one retry",
+			joinResponses: []joinGroupResponse{
+				// The mock repeats this entry on every call, simulating a broker
+				// that violates KIP-394 by re-requesting a member ID we already
+				// echoed back. The cap in joinGroup must prevent an infinite loop.
+				{ErrorCode: int16(MemberIDRequired), MemberID: "kip394-assigned"},
+			},
+			assertFn: func(t *testing.T, err error, gotMemberIDs []string) {
+				if !errors.Is(err, MemberIDRequired) {
+					t.Errorf("Next err = %v, want MemberIDRequired", err)
+				}
+				if len(gotMemberIDs) != 2 {
+					t.Errorf("got %d joinGroup calls, want 2 (handshake + cap): %v",
+						len(gotMemberIDs), gotMemberIDs)
+				}
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.scenario, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var (
+				lock         sync.Mutex
+				gotMemberIDs []string
+			)
+			mc := mockCoordinator{
+				findCoordinatorFunc: func(findCoordinatorRequestV0) (findCoordinatorResponseV0, error) {
+					return coordinatorResp, nil
+				},
+				joinGroupFunc: func(req joinGroupRequest) (joinGroupResponse, error) {
+					lock.Lock()
+					gotMemberIDs = append(gotMemberIDs, req.MemberID)
+					n := len(gotMemberIDs)
+					lock.Unlock()
+					if n <= len(tt.joinResponses) {
+						return tt.joinResponses[n-1], nil
+					}
+					return tt.joinResponses[len(tt.joinResponses)-1], nil
+				},
+				syncGroupFunc: func(syncGroupRequestV0) (syncGroupResponseV0, error) {
+					return syncGroupResponseV0{}, errors.New("sync intentionally failed")
+				},
+				readPartitionsFunc: func(...string) ([]Partition, error) {
+					return nil, nil
+				},
+				leaveGroupFunc: func(leaveGroupRequestV0) (leaveGroupResponseV0, error) {
+					return leaveGroupResponseV0{}, nil
+				},
+			}
+
+			group, err := NewConsumerGroup(ConsumerGroupConfig{
+				ID:                makeGroupID(),
+				Topics:            []string{"test"},
+				Brokers:           []string{"no-such-broker"},
+				HeartbeatInterval: 2 * time.Second,
+				RebalanceTimeout:  time.Second,
+				// Long backoff so a second run-loop iteration cannot pollute
+				// gotMemberIDs before the assertions complete.
+				JoinGroupBackoff: 30 * time.Second,
+				RetentionTime:    time.Hour,
+				connect: func(*Dialer, ...string) (coordinator, error) {
+					return mc, nil
+				},
+				Logger: &testKafkaLogger{T: t},
+			})
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			defer group.Close()
+
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
+
+			_, nextErr := group.Next(ctx)
+
+			lock.Lock()
+			seq := append([]string(nil), gotMemberIDs...)
+			lock.Unlock()
+			tt.assertFn(t, nextErr, seq)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGenerationExitsOnPartitionChange(t *testing.T) {
 	var count int
 	partitions := [][]Partition{
diff --git a/docker_compose_versions/docker-compose-tansu-060.yml b/docker_compose_versions/docker-compose-tansu-060.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..729b8cad1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker_compose_versions/docker-compose-tansu-060.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# Tansu — Apache Kafka®-compatible broker (Rust, single binary).
+# Used to regression-test KIP-394 (MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED handshake) since
+# Tansu enforces it strictly across JoinGroup versions, unlike Apache Kafka
+# which only enforces on v4+.
+#
+# Known semantic differences vs. Apache Kafka (see `ktesting.IsTansu` for
+# the canonical list and the test branches gated on it):
+#   - generation_id is not bumped on soft rejoin of an existing dynamic
+#     member; Apache Kafka bumps on every JoinGroup from an existing member.
+#     Run tests with KAFKA_VERSION=tansu-0.6.0 so the affected assertions
+#     downgrade to log lines instead of failures.
+#
+# See:
+#   https://github.com/tansu-io/tansu
+#   https://github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/issues/1432
+version: '3'
+services:
+  tansu:
+    container_name: tansu
+    image: ghcr.io/tansu-io/tansu:0.6.0
+    restart: on-failure:3
+    ports:
+      - 9092:9092
+    environment:
+      RUST_LOG: info
+    # All flags below match the defaults documented by `tansu --help`,
+    # but are spelled out explicitly so the compose file documents the
+    # broker's exposed surface for kafka-go tests.
+    command:
+      - --kafka-cluster-id=kafka-go-tansu-test
+      - --kafka-listener-url=tcp://0.0.0.0:9092/
+      - --kafka-advertised-listener-url=tcp://localhost:9092/
+      - --storage-engine=memory://tansu/
diff --git a/scripts/wait-for-kafka.sh b/scripts/wait-for-kafka.sh
index 5cd336556..d2fe4fa57 100755
--- a/scripts/wait-for-kafka.sh
+++ b/scripts/wait-for-kafka.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #/bin/bash
 
 COUNTER=0; 
-echo foo | nc localhost 9092
+nc -z -w 2 localhost 9092
 STATUS=$?
 ATTEMPTS=60
 until [ ${STATUS} -eq 0 ] || [ "$COUNTER" -ge "${ATTEMPTS}" ];
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ do
     let COUNTER=$COUNTER+1;
     sleep 1;
     echo "[$COUNTER] waiting for 9092 port to be open";
-    echo foo | nc localhost 9092
+    nc -z -w 2 localhost 9092
     STATUS=$?
 done
 
diff --git a/testing/version.go b/testing/version.go
index c52cd106a..9eb985d6c 100644
--- a/testing/version.go
+++ b/testing/version.go
@@ -29,8 +29,23 @@ func (v semver) atLeast(other semver) bool {
 }
 
 // kafkaVersion is set in the circle config.  It can also be provided on the
-// command line in order to target a particular kafka version.
-var kafkaVersion = parseVersion(os.Getenv("KAFKA_VERSION"))
+// command line in order to target a particular kafka version. Non-numeric
+// values (e.g., "tansu-0.6.0") are tolerated and parsed as an empty semver
+// so that init does not panic when running against alternative brokers — use
+// IsTansu() to detect those cases.
+var kafkaVersion = parseEnvKafkaVersion(os.Getenv("KAFKA_VERSION"))
+
+func parseEnvKafkaVersion(v string) semver {
+	if v == "" {
+		return nil
+	}
+	for _, ch := range v {
+		if ch != '.' && (ch < '0' || ch > '9') {
+			return nil
+		}
+	}
+	return parseVersion(v)
+}
 
 // KafkaIsAtLeast returns true when the test broker is running a protocol
 // version that is semver or newer.  It determines the broker's version using
@@ -40,6 +55,22 @@ func KafkaIsAtLeast(semver string) bool {
 	return kafkaVersion.atLeast(parseVersion(semver))
 }
 
+// IsTansu reports whether tests are running against Tansu, a Kafka-compatible
+// broker with some semantic differences from Apache Kafka:
+//
+//   - Enforces KIP-394 (MEMBER_ID_REQUIRED) across all JoinGroup versions,
+//     not only v4+ as the KIP prescribes.
+//   - Does not bump the consumer group generation_id on soft rejoin of an
+//     existing dynamic member; it only increments when the group composition
+//     actually changes. Apache Kafka bumps on every JoinGroup from an
+//     existing member.
+//
+// Set `KAFKA_VERSION` to a value beginning with "tansu" (e.g., "tansu-0.6.0")
+// to opt into Tansu-aware test branches.
+func IsTansu() bool {
+	return strings.HasPrefix(os.Getenv("KAFKA_VERSION"), "tansu")
+}
+
 func parseVersion(semver string) semver {
 	if semver == "" {
 		return nil