diff --git a/x/tx/go.mod b/x/tx/go.mod
index 3eb540d92124..2e6b599a65cd 100644
--- a/x/tx/go.mod
+++ b/x/tx/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
 	pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0
 )
diff --git a/x/tx/go.sum b/x/tx/go.sum
index d142bf65559a..c78c4a68ea14 100644
--- a/x/tx/go.sum
+++ b/x/tx/go.sum
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240221002015-b0ce06bbee7c h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240221002015-b0ce06bbee7c/go.mod h1:H4O17MA/PE9BsGx3w+a+W2VOLLD1Qf7oJneAoU6WktY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
-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 v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=