diff --git a/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go b/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go
index 9301b22c..494dffca 100644
--- a/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go
+++ b/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go
@@ -425,7 +425,11 @@ func writeTarGzFromDir(t *testing.T, srcDir, dest string) {
 		t.Fatalf("create archive: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	gw := gzip.NewWriter(f)
+	// Fixture compression need not spend the full race-test budget on release binaries.
+	gw, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel(f, gzip.BestSpeed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create fixture gzip writer: %v", err)
+	}
 	defer gw.Close()
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(gw)
 	defer tw.Close()
@@ -474,7 +478,11 @@ func writeTarGzFiles(t *testing.T, dest string, files map[string]string) {
 		t.Fatalf("create archive: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	gw := gzip.NewWriter(f)
+	// Preserve real gzip archives while avoiding expensive default-level fixture compression.
+	gw, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel(f, gzip.BestSpeed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create fixture gzip writer: %v", err)
+	}
 	defer gw.Close()
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(gw)
 	defer tw.Close()
diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 62d1b487..8da7e94f 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/go-plugin v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/auth v1.19.0 // indirect
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/cache v1.19.0 // indirect
-	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.10.0 // indirect
+	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/jsonschema v1.17.0 // indirect
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/reverseproxy/v2 v2.10.0 // indirect
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/yaegi v0.17.2 // indirect
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index 3e0ec393..ce2a1408 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/auth v1.19.0 h1:ughD47BqEAhg7+3trucwcs5Kz
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/auth v1.19.0/go.mod h1:pGPazN7Irlza8kUxE7WsXri44PhURKYBGym1tlBUl+k=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/cache v1.19.0 h1:s+3aFI7wncV0NhbPrJheFyVYr1WXwLJXOvSAP9RRaYU=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/cache v1.19.0/go.mod h1:bj/yS2FPdEDb8Vdmd5hjs5W4hchzMAC57eoIB3YY9S4=
-github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.10.0 h1:2ljVafd/1LYchF47WrnA1+ji8mcmVXMJ4F5qDrhZZi4=
-github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:AKLcRGsw5gp2Q1zhuK0TBnMJOsaRe3aJ2OKnLFE2O5w=
+github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.12.0 h1:58xUt5rMMdSHZ7XWOBc7rf8kajrdcKPO4nVm67U8+iE=
+github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:tH+3zxfUCKRofm6BcGDSCX5izdb+ox7nP8FYAm4zwvc=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/jsonschema v1.17.0 h1:zoWioqUvuNNDfnjHA1sHixdlHfBreJdGhnnEBtxkzI8=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/jsonschema v1.17.0/go.mod h1:GDU/jsD6AddmXKedj0wZwieUIaQsTBSGMzuj+XHXMrw=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/reverseproxy/v2 v2.10.0 h1:+2M/ecyCxDiXfJM4ibcERuu/BBeIbLTQNcVgRsllR64=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e7958ce..09fa6b4b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular v1.13.6
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/auth v1.19.0
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/cache v1.19.0
-	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.10.0
+	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.12.0
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/jsonschema v1.17.0
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/reverseproxy/v2 v2.10.0
 	github.com/GoCodeAlone/workflow-plugin-control-plane v0.1.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a71a2978..655dbd52 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/auth v1.19.0 h1:ughD47BqEAhg7+3trucwcs5Kz
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/auth v1.19.0/go.mod h1:pGPazN7Irlza8kUxE7WsXri44PhURKYBGym1tlBUl+k=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/cache v1.19.0 h1:s+3aFI7wncV0NhbPrJheFyVYr1WXwLJXOvSAP9RRaYU=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/cache v1.19.0/go.mod h1:bj/yS2FPdEDb8Vdmd5hjs5W4hchzMAC57eoIB3YY9S4=
-github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.10.0 h1:2ljVafd/1LYchF47WrnA1+ji8mcmVXMJ4F5qDrhZZi4=
-github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:AKLcRGsw5gp2Q1zhuK0TBnMJOsaRe3aJ2OKnLFE2O5w=
+github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.12.0 h1:58xUt5rMMdSHZ7XWOBc7rf8kajrdcKPO4nVm67U8+iE=
+github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/eventbus/v2 v2.12.0/go.mod h1:tH+3zxfUCKRofm6BcGDSCX5izdb+ox7nP8FYAm4zwvc=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/jsonschema v1.17.0 h1:zoWioqUvuNNDfnjHA1sHixdlHfBreJdGhnnEBtxkzI8=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/jsonschema v1.17.0/go.mod h1:GDU/jsD6AddmXKedj0wZwieUIaQsTBSGMzuj+XHXMrw=
 github.com/GoCodeAlone/modular/modules/reverseproxy/v2 v2.10.0 h1:+2M/ecyCxDiXfJM4ibcERuu/BBeIbLTQNcVgRsllR64=