diff --git a/client/v2/go.mod b/client/v2/go.mod
index 832b04e075c3..1de6cbd53f62 100644
--- a/client/v2/go.mod
+++ b/client/v2/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230321023759-10a507213a29
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.54.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.4.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/client/v2/go.sum b/client/v2/go.sum
index 31cf18b76c6a..c44bac74424e 100644
--- a/client/v2/go.sum
+++ b/client/v2/go.sum
@@ -967,8 +967,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.24.0/go.mod h1:r/3tXBNzIEhYS9I1OUVjXDlt8tc493IdKGj
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-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 v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/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=