diff --git a/buf.gen.yaml b/buf.gen.yaml
index db961ae4b..2bfe8c29b 100644
--- a/buf.gen.yaml
+++ b/buf.gen.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 version: v2
 clean: true
 plugins:
-  - remote: buf.build/protocolbuffers/go
+  - remote: buf.build/protocolbuffers/go:v1.36.0
     out: p2p/gen
     opt: paths=source_relative