diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7ccafda3621..b90096a5991 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -257,3 +257,5 @@ require (
 replace golang.org/x/time => github.com/crowdsecurity/time v0.13.0-crowdsec.20250912
 
 replace github.com/corazawaf/coraza/v3 => github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.3.3-crowdsec.20251113
+
+replace github.com/crowdsecurity/grokky => /home/bui/github/crowdsec/grokky
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e616426f12..fa2d428724d 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -132,12 +132,8 @@ github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.3.3-crowdsec.20251113 h1:eqLdvF2jV1W8ibYXk
 github.com/crowdsecurity/coraza/v3 v3.3.3-crowdsec.20251113/go.mod h1:fkDhLPDbsU74HtW6ij9UN2hAwq3AP6pVQiWPKquXo8U=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/dlog v0.0.2 h1:nj/7jLKO0o8tYn79O+g51ASeGLr5oOVahSoJ6Umq51g=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/dlog v0.0.2/go.mod h1:zpv7r+7KXwgVUZnUNjyP22zc/D7LKjyoY02weH2RBbk=
-github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib v0.0.24 h1:ZIYXHRHCFyByZmMg7S4XE8c/ZMtsTCPVUJbnDcxpTtk=
-github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib v0.0.24/go.mod h1:X0GMJY2CxdA1S09SpuqIKaWQsvRGxXmecUp9cP599dE=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib v0.0.25 h1:Ov6VPW9yV+OPsbAIQk1iTkEWhwkpaG0v3lrBzeqjzj4=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/go-cs-lib v0.0.25/go.mod h1:X0GMJY2CxdA1S09SpuqIKaWQsvRGxXmecUp9cP599dE=
-github.com/crowdsecurity/grokky v0.2.2 h1:yALsI9zqpDArYzmSSxfBq2dhYuGUTKMJq8KOEIAsuo4=
-github.com/crowdsecurity/grokky v0.2.2/go.mod h1:33usDIYzGDsgX1kHAThCbseso6JuWNJXOzRQDGXHtWM=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/machineid v1.0.3 h1:mgd//PhMJqyA1EdRTgwRvafwbzNjoktdJyEgZGVCD2Q=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/machineid v1.0.3/go.mod h1:XWUSlnS0R0+u/JK5ulidwlbceNT3ZOCKteoVQEn6Luo=
 github.com/crowdsecurity/time v0.13.0-crowdsec.20250912 h1:O+lHeYhtRPubKvqDxhuZSjxefd8RbV1Ik5J7hDthoIA=
diff --git a/pkg/parser/bench_grok_test.go b/pkg/parser/bench_grok_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4baceea06a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/parser/bench_grok_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+package parser
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/pipeline"
+)
+
+// sshGrokPatterns are realistic SSH log patterns inspired by the sshd-logs.yaml parser.
+// Each has unique literal strings that enable fast-reject via the grokky literal pre-check.
+var sshGrokPatterns = []string{
+	// Node 1: Failed auth
+	`Failed %{WORD:method} for %{USERNAME:user} from %{IP:src_ip} port %{NUMBER:port} %{WORD:proto}`,
+	// Node 2: Disconnected preauth
+	`Disconnected from authenticating user %{USERNAME:user} %{IP:src_ip} port %{NUMBER:port} \[preauth\]`,
+	// Node 3: Connection closed preauth
+	`Connection closed by authenticating user %{USERNAME:user} %{IP:src_ip} port %{NUMBER:port} \[preauth\]`,
+	// Node 4: Invalid user
+	`Invalid user %{USERNAME:user} from %{IP:src_ip} port %{NUMBER:port}`,
+	// Node 5: Key negotiation failure
+	`Unable to negotiate with %{IP:src_ip} port %{NUMBER:port}: no matching key exchange method found.`,
+	// Node 6: PAM auth failure
+	`pam_unix\(sshd:auth\): authentication failure; logname= uid=%{NUMBER:uid} euid=%{NUMBER:euid} tty=ssh ruser= rhost=%{IP:src_ip}`,
+	// Node 7: Auth timeout
+	`Timeout before authentication for %{IP:src_ip} port %{NUMBER:port}`,
+	// Node 8: Refused connection
+	`refused connect from %{DATA:host}\(%{IP:src_ip}\)`,
+}
+
+// buildBenchNodes creates a parent node with N child grok leaf nodes.
+// The parent is a skeleton node (no grok of its own) that delegates to leaves.
+func buildBenchNodes(b *testing.B, pctx *UnixParserCtx, ectx EnricherCtx) Node {
+	b.Helper()
+
+	parent := Node{
+		NodeConfig: NodeConfig{
+			Stage:     "s01-parse",
+			Name:      "bench-ssh",
+			OnSuccess: "next_stage",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, pattern := range sshGrokPatterns {
+		child := NodeConfig{
+			Grok: GrokPattern{
+				RegexpValue: pattern,
+				TargetField: "Line.Raw",
+			},
+		}
+		parent.SubNodes = append(parent.SubNodes, child)
+	}
+
+	parent.initRuntimeChildrenFromConfig()
+
+	err := parent.compile(pctx, ectx)
+	require.NoError(b, err, "failed to compile bench nodes")
+
+	return parent
+}
+
+func makeEvent(raw string) pipeline.Event {
+	return pipeline.Event{
+		Stage: "s01-parse",
+		Line: pipeline.Line{
+			Raw:    raw,
+			Labels: map[string]string{"type": "syslog"},
+		},
+		Parsed:      make(map[string]string),
+		Enriched:    make(map[string]string),
+		Meta:        make(map[string]string),
+		Unmarshaled: make(map[string]any),
+		Type:        pipeline.LOG,
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkGrokPipeline(b *testing.B) {
+	log.SetLevel(log.ErrorLevel)
+
+	pctx, ectx := prepTests(b)
+	parent := buildBenchNodes(b, pctx, ectx)
+
+	// Add the stage to pctx so Parse() processes it
+	pctx.Stages = []string{"s01-parse"}
+	nodes := []Node{parent}
+
+	benchCases := []struct {
+		name  string
+		input string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "no_match",
+			input: "Accepted publickey for admin from 10.0.0.1 port 22 ssh2",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "first_node",
+			input: "Failed password for root from 192.168.1.1 port 22 ssh2",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "fifth_node",
+			input: "Unable to negotiate with 123.57.135.134 port 45626: no matching key exchange method found.",
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "eighth_node",
+			input: "refused connect from attacker(192.168.1.1)",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, bc := range benchCases {
+		b.Run(bc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			b.ResetTimer()
+
+			for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+				evt := makeEvent(bc.input)
+				_, err := Parse(*pctx, evt, nodes, nil)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/parser/node.go b/pkg/parser/node.go
index a0dcecc4905..edfacf7014a 100644
--- a/pkg/parser/node.go
+++ b/pkg/parser/node.go
@@ -215,9 +215,7 @@ func (n *Node) processGrok(p *pipeline.Event, cachedExprEnv map[string]any) (boo
 		groklabel = n.Grok.RegexpName
 	}
 
-	grok := n.RuntimeGrok.RunTimeRegexp.Parse(gstr)
-
-	if len(grok) == 0 {
+	if !n.RuntimeGrok.RunTimeRegexp.ParseInto(gstr, p.Parsed) {
 		// grok failed, node failed
 		clog.Debugf("+ Grok %q didn't return data on %q", groklabel, gstr)
 		return false, false, nil
@@ -226,12 +224,7 @@ func (n *Node) processGrok(p *pipeline.Event, cachedExprEnv map[string]any) (boo
 	// tag explicitly that the *current* node had a successful grok pattern. it's important to know success state
 	nodeHasOKGrok = true
 
-	clog.Debugf("+ Grok %q returned %d entries to merge in Parsed", groklabel, len(grok))
-	// We managed to grok stuff, merged into parse
-	for k, v := range grok {
-		clog.Debugf("\t.Parsed[%q] = %q", k, v)
-		p.Parsed[k] = v
-	}
+	clog.Debugf("+ Grok %q returned data to merge in Parsed", groklabel)
 	// if the grok succeed, process associated statics
 	err := n.RuntimeGrok.ProcessStatics(p, n.EnrichFunctions, clog, n.Debug)
 	if err != nil {