diff --git a/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.mod b/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.mod
index dc06a05197d..1102899c662 100644
--- a/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.mod
+++ b/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.mod
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.11.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20221207170731-23e4bf6bdc37 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.sum b/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.sum
index a8b9be231e4..aecc46c2532 100644
--- a/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.sum
+++ b/tests/apps/pluggable_redis-pubsub/go.sum
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0 h1:E1eGv1FTqoLIdnBCZufiSHgKjlqG6fKFf6pPWtMTh8U=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.51.0/go.mod h1:wgNDFcnuBGmxLKI/qn4T+m5BtEBYXJPvibbUPsAIPww=
 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 v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 h1:uRGJdciOHaEIrze2W8Q3AKkepLTh2hOroT7a+7czfdQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=