diff --git a/internal/benchmarks/go.mod b/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
index dacecaca..e0d23d4b 100644
--- a/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
+++ b/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/igrmk/treemap/v2 v2.0.1
 	github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.14.1 // MUST NOT be updated to v1.15 or higher
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 )
 
 require golang.org/x/sync v0.10.0
diff --git a/internal/benchmarks/go.sum b/internal/benchmarks/go.sum
index f420ed55..031dfaf4 100644
--- a/internal/benchmarks/go.sum
+++ b/internal/benchmarks/go.sum
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpAD
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 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 v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 h1:yBPeRvTftaleIgM3PZ/WBIZ7XM/eEYAaEyCwvyjq/gk=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/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 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=