diff --git a/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.mod b/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.mod
index edc1820dfe..38c74f48da 100644
--- a/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.mod
+++ b/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.mod
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/api v0.31.4 // indirect
diff --git a/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.sum b/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.sum
index 4f21db80f9..47bad49d01 100644
--- a/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.sum
+++ b/instrumentation/k8s.io/client-go/splunkclient-go/go.sum
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20190717185122-a985d3407aa7/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20200804184101-5ec99f83aff1/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-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/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=