diff --git a/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.mod b/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.mod
index 668902935a6..98453db5ef0 100644
--- a/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.mod
+++ b/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.mod
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.11.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230410155749-daa745c078e1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.sum b/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.sum
index 6fc9f7c77cd..dcb9cec4dfe 100644
--- a/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.sum
+++ b/tests/apps/perf/actor-activation-locker/go.sum
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0 h1:3Oj82/tFSCeUrRTg/5E/7d/W5A1tj6Ky1ABAuZuv5ag=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0/go.mod h1:iYEXKGkEBhg1PjZQvoYEVPTDkHo1/bjTnfwTeGONTY8=
 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 v1.33.0 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/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/tomb.v1 v1.0.0-20141024135613-dd632973f1e7 h1:uRGJdciOHaEIrze2W8Q3AKkepLTh2hOroT7a+7czfdQ=