diff --git a/scheduler/go.mod b/scheduler/go.mod
index a25f454159..696fcc0f66 100644
--- a/scheduler/go.mod
+++ b/scheduler/go.mod
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk v1.28.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.32.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.68.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.2
diff --git a/scheduler/go.sum b/scheduler/go.sum
index 373eed6ca0..30cf519be0 100644
--- a/scheduler/go.sum
+++ b/scheduler/go.sum
@@ -1422,8 +1422,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 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 v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 h1:m3LfL6/Ca+fqnjnlqQXNpFPABW1UD7mjh8KO2mKFytA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/cenkalti/backoff.v1 v1.1.0 h1:Arh75ttbsvlpVA7WtVpH4u9h6Zl46xuptxqLxPiSo4Y=
 gopkg.in/cenkalti/backoff.v1 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J6Vskwqd+OMVJl8C33mmtxTBs2gyzfv7UDAkHu8BrjI=