diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2ea1654a75..18c1afb22f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.28.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.33.4
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.33.4
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b80752a73a..31b1f57311 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7/go.mod h1:qQ0YXyHHx3XkvlzUtpXDkS29lDSafHMZBAZDc03LQ3A=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0 h1:+TW+dqTd2Biwe6KKfhE5JpiYIBWq865PhKGSXiivqt4=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0/go.mod h1:JtPAzKiq4v1xcAB2hydNlWI2RnF85XXcV0mhKXr2ecQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 h1:IgrO7UwFQGJdRNXH/sQux4R1Dj1WAKcLElzeeRaXV2A=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 h1:xHScyCOEuuwZEc6UtSOvPbAT4zRh0xcNRYekJwfqyMc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
 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=
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 09d21313d2..57510969a3 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 74713d3684..6d78ce31de 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250707201910-8d1bb00bc6a7/go.mod h1:qQ0YXyHHx3XkvlzUtpXDkS29lDSafHMZBAZDc03LQ3A=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0 h1:+TW+dqTd2Biwe6KKfhE5JpiYIBWq865PhKGSXiivqt4=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.0/go.mod h1:JtPAzKiq4v1xcAB2hydNlWI2RnF85XXcV0mhKXr2ecQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 h1:IgrO7UwFQGJdRNXH/sQux4R1Dj1WAKcLElzeeRaXV2A=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 h1:xHScyCOEuuwZEc6UtSOvPbAT4zRh0xcNRYekJwfqyMc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
 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=