diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0837f8f31a5ac..6f503398e4a43 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ module github.com/envoyproxy/envoy
 
 go 1.20
 
-require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1
+require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 
 require github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c98d9cdfd622b..b7b2f94b930a2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1 h1:9ddQBjfCyZPOHPUiPxpYESBLc+T8P3E+Vo4IbKZgFWg=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 h1:yBPeRvTftaleIgM3PZ/WBIZ7XM/eEYAaEyCwvyjq/gk=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=