diff --git a/build/tools/go.mod b/build/tools/go.mod
index 666f2d0397..8396f29fea 100644
--- a/build/tools/go.mod
+++ b/build/tools/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.62.0
 	github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.7.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.3
 )
diff --git a/build/tools/go.sum b/build/tools/go.sum
index d61e0ebbb9..7b5596b0af 100644
--- a/build/tools/go.sum
+++ b/build/tools/go.sum
@@ -591,8 +591,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2 h1:3QdXkuq3Bkh7w+ywLdLvM56cmGvQHUMZpiCzt6Rqaoo=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2/go.mod h1:s3/l6xSSCURdVfAnL+TqCNMyTDAGN6+lZeVxnZR128Y=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1 h1:F29+wU6Ee6qgu9TddPgooOdaqsxTMunOoj8KA5yuS5A=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5KF+wpkbTSbGcR9zteSqZV6fqFOWBl4Yde8En8MryZA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 h1:m3LfL6/Ca+fqnjnlqQXNpFPABW1UD7mjh8KO2mKFytA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/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=