diff --git a/kyaml/go.mod b/kyaml/go.mod
index 7aba12e6c7c..3b4ccee3ce5 100644
--- a/kyaml/go.mod
+++ b/kyaml/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/xlab/treeprint v1.2.0
 	go.starlark.net v0.0.0-20200306205701-8dd3e2ee1dd5
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	k8s.io/kube-openapi v0.0.0-20230601164746-7562a1006961
diff --git a/kyaml/go.sum b/kyaml/go.sum
index f708c529839..ca5d825d395 100644
--- a/kyaml/go.sum
+++ b/kyaml/go.sum
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 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 v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=