diff --git a/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.mod b/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.mod
index 5ff59899..7290d829 100644
--- a/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.mod
+++ b/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.mod
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ module github.com/golang/protobuf
 
 go 1.23.3
 
-require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
+require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
diff --git a/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.sum b/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.sum
index 00c144d9..fef762d8 100644
--- a/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.sum
+++ b/interop/github.com/golang/protobuf/go.sum
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IV
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 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 v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=