diff --git a/x/auth/go.mod b/x/auth/go.mod
index 8e124359e6a4..44b0eed0bdfe 100644
--- a/x/auth/go.mod
+++ b/x/auth/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240222234643-814bf88cf225
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240205150955-31a09d347014
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
 	pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/x/auth/go.sum b/x/auth/go.sum
index c26e801a1250..4b2377ec2cfc 100644
--- a/x/auth/go.sum
+++ b/x/auth/go.sum
@@ -967,8 +967,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/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=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=