diff --git a/cmd/kaf/group.go b/cmd/kaf/group.go
index 4fb9e53..710c416 100644
--- a/cmd/kaf/group.go
+++ b/cmd/kaf/group.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/manifoldco/promptui"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 
+	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
+
 	"strconv"
 
 	"time"
@@ -196,7 +198,7 @@ func createGroupCommitOffsetCmd() *cobra.Command {
 						i, err := strconv.ParseInt(offset, 10, 64)
 						if err != nil {
 							// Try oldest/newest/..
-							if offset == "oldest" {
+							if offset == "oldest" || offset == "earliest" {
 								i = sarama.OffsetOldest
 							} else if offset == "newest" || offset == "latest" {
 								i = sarama.OffsetNewest
@@ -244,7 +246,7 @@ func createGroupCommitOffsetCmd() *cobra.Command {
 			}
 			for _, detail := range groupDescs {
 				state := detail.State
-				if state != "Empty" {
+				if !slices.Contains([]string{"Empty", "Dead"}, state) {
 					errorExit("Consumer group %s has active consumers in it, cannot set offset\n", group)
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b01baa2..9ac1d87 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.7.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.19.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 43e8e26..621b21d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.6.0/go.mod h1:OFC/31mSvZgRz0V1QTNCzfAI1aIRzbiufJtkMIlEp58=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0 h1:g1v0xeRhjcugydODzvb3mEM9SQ0HGp9s/nh3COQ/C30=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.22.0/go.mod h1:vr6Su+7cTlO45qkww3VDJlzDn0ctJvRgYbC2NvXHt+M=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8 h1:yixxcjnhBmY0nkL253HFVIm0JsFHwrHdT3Yh6szTnfY=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240613232115-7f521ea00fb8/go.mod h1:jj3sYF3dwk5D+ghuXyeI3r5MFf+NT2An6/9dOA95KSI=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.2.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.3.0/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4/go.mod h1:jJ57K6gSWd91VN4djpZkiMVwK6gcyfeH4XE8wZrZaV4=