diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 53d5455..98bcfbe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/secure-systems-lab/go-securesystemslib v0.9.0
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7707700..0d9faee 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38/go.mod h1:vuAjtvlwkDKF6L1GQ0SokiRLCGFfeBUXWr/aFFkHACc=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38 h1:zciRKQ4kBpFgpfC5QQCVtnnNAcLIqweL7plyZRQHVpI=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241021214115-324edc3d5d38/go.mod h1:GX3210XPVPUjJbTUbvwI8f2IpZDMZuPJWDzDuebbviI=
-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 v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=