diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 59ea33ddcbfb..f039ac69b077 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/envoyproxy/envoy
 
 go 1.18
 
-require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1838366909dd..7f9dd3ec6576 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=