diff --git a/internal/benchmarks/go.mod b/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
index b7f373bb..1d35bf3c 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 v1.11.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 )
 
 require golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0
diff --git a/internal/benchmarks/go.sum b/internal/benchmarks/go.sum
index 96b702a3..707c14e2 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 v1.36.10 h1:AYd7cD/uASjIL6Q9LiTjz8JLcrh/88q5UObnmY3aOOE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 h1:fV6ZwhNocDyBLK0dj+fg8ektcVegBBuEolpbTQyBNVE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 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=