diff --git a/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle b/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
index e23fadce748b..b0c0d92e5976 100644
--- a/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 dependencies {
   testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.21.0")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.19.0")
-  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.31.0")
+  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.31.1")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto:1.7.0-alpha")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api")
diff --git a/examples/extension/build.gradle b/examples/extension/build.gradle
index 76e1f15adf29..70738b79abbb 100644
--- a/examples/extension/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/extension/build.gradle
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ dependencies {
   //All dependencies below are only for tests
   testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.21.0")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.19.0")
-  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.31.0")
+  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.31.1")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto:1.7.0-alpha")
diff --git a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
index b4eb38f95f03..dec81b1f4f26 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto")
   implementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers")
   implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind")
-  implementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.31.0")
+  implementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.31.1")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-stub")