diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b8280907f2..f319b2c4be 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/Azure/azure-container-networking
 
 go 1.23.0
-
 require (
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore v1.11.1
 	github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity v1.6.0
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.11.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.29.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.71.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
 	k8s.io/api v0.26.10
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.26.1
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.26.10
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2228c0a3a9..fd9d7a7a52 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1130,8 +1130,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 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 v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4 h1:6A3ZDJHn/eNqc1i+IdefRzy/9PokBTPvcqMySR7NNIM=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 h1:z1NpPI8ku2WgiWnf+t9wTPsn6eP1L7ksHUlkfLvd9xY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
 gopkg.in/airbrake/gobrake.v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:/h5ZAUhDkGaJfjzjKLSjv6zCL6O0LLBxU4K+aSYdM/U=
 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=