diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 234381a4f..0dde02252 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/blevesearch/bleve/v2 v2.3.8
 	github.com/codeclysm/extract v2.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/dgraph-io/ristretto v0.1.1
-	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.7+incompatible
+	github.com/docker/docker v24.0.9+incompatible
 	github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.14.0
 	github.com/gologme/log v1.3.0
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.12.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/macaroon.v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/uint128 v1.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3129f40e7..f526d6586 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20190423205320-6a90982ecee2 h1:tdlZCpZ/P9DhczC
 github.com/dgryski/go-farm v0.0.0-20190423205320-6a90982ecee2/go.mod h1:SqUrOPUnsFjfmXRMNPybcSiG0BgUW2AuFH8PAnS2iTw=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible h1:T3de5rq0dB1j30rp0sA2rER+m322EBzniBPB6ZIzuh8=
 github.com/docker/distribution v2.8.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:J2gT2udsDAN96Uj4KfcMRqY0/ypR+oyYUYmja8H+y+w=
-github.com/docker/docker v24.0.7+incompatible h1:Wo6l37AuwP3JaMnZa226lzVXGA3F9Ig1seQen0cKYlM=
-github.com/docker/docker v24.0.7+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
+github.com/docker/docker v24.0.9+incompatible h1:HPGzNmwfLZWdxHqK9/II92pyi1EpYKsAqcl4G0Of9v0=
+github.com/docker/docker v24.0.9+incompatible/go.mod h1:eEKB0N0r5NX/I1kEveEz05bcu8tLC/8azJZsviup8Sk=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0 h1:El9xVISelRB7BuFusrZozjnkIM5YnzCViNKohAFqRJQ=
 github.com/docker/go-connections v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Gbd7IOopHjR8Iph03tsViu4nIes5XhDvyHbTtUxmeec=
 github.com/docker/go-units v0.5.0 h1:69rxXcBk27SvSaaxTtLh/8llcHD8vYHT7WSdRZ/jvr4=
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ gonum.org/v1/netlib v0.0.0-20190313105609-8cb42192e0e0/go.mod h1:wa6Ws7BG/ESfp6d
 gonum.org/v1/plot v0.0.0-20190515093506-e2840ee46a6b/go.mod h1:Wt8AAjI+ypCyYX3nZBvf6cAIx93T+c/OS2HFAYskSZc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/setup/jetstream/nats.go b/setup/jetstream/nats.go
index 8820e86b2..8630a1411 100644
--- a/setup/jetstream/nats.go
+++ b/setup/jetstream/nats.go
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ func (s *NATSInstance) Prepare(process *process.ProcessContext, cfg *config.JetS
 	defer natsLock.Unlock()
 	// check if we need an in-process NATS Server
 	if len(cfg.Addresses) != 0 {
-		return setupNATS(process, cfg, nil)
+		// reuse existing connections
+		if s.nc != nil {
+			return s.js, s.nc
+		}
+		s.js, s.nc = setupNATS(process, cfg, nil)
+		return s.js, s.nc
 	}
 	if s.Server == nil {
 		var err error