diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2b29d76..450b07a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime v1.18.0
 	github.com/crossplane/function-sdk-go v0.4.0
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.3-0.20240816073751-94ecbc261689
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.31.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f2de160..d54e475 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -266,8 +266,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240903143218-8af14fe29dc1/go.mod h1:UqMtugtsSgubUsoxbuAoiCXvqvErP7Gf0so0mK9tHxU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0 h1:IdH9y6PF5MPSdAntIcpjQ+tXO41pcQsfZV2RxtQgVcw=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.0/go.mod h1:1gLDyUQU7CTLJI90u3nXZ9ekeghjeM7pTDZlqFNg2AA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.3-0.20240816073751-94ecbc261689 h1:hNwajDgT0MlsxZzlUajZVmUYFpts8/CYe4BSNx503ZE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.3-0.20240816073751-94ecbc261689/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
+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/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=