diff --git a/xdsmatcher/go.mod b/xdsmatcher/go.mod
index 96b2eaa44..ed118b4b4 100644
--- a/xdsmatcher/go.mod
+++ b/xdsmatcher/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20240723142845-024c85f92f20
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/xdsmatcher/go.sum b/xdsmatcher/go.sum
index b069dac2d..d1989a83d 100644
--- a/xdsmatcher/go.sum
+++ b/xdsmatcher/go.sum
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142/go.mod h1:d6be+8HhtEtucleCbxpPW9PA9XwISACu8nvpPqF0BVo=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142 h1:e7S5W7MGGLaSu8j3YjdezkZ+m1/Nm0uRVRMEMGk26Xs=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+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/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=