diff --git a/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle b/examples/distro/smoke-tests/build.gradle
index 892ced1805fe..18d00deabc6c 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:2.0.1")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.20.1")
-  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.0")
+  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.1")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.3.0")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto:1.8.0-alpha")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api")
diff --git a/examples/extension/build.gradle b/examples/extension/build.gradle
index b6e694f1f9bb..d562068a6469 100644
--- a/examples/extension/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/extension/build.gradle
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ dependencies {
   //All dependencies below are only for tests
   testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:2.0.1")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.20.1")
-  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.0")
+  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.1")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:5.3.0")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto:1.8.0-alpha")
diff --git a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
index 1d8ea471074f..2c0f982c309c 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ 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:4.33.0")
+  implementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.1")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-stub")
diff --git a/testing/dependencies-shaded-for-testing/build.gradle.kts b/testing/dependencies-shaded-for-testing/build.gradle.kts
index b5b7e3728fee..dac867e3f251 100644
--- a/testing/dependencies-shaded-for-testing/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/testing/dependencies-shaded-for-testing/build.gradle.kts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("com.linecorp.armeria:armeria-junit5:1.33.4")
   implementation("com.google.errorprone:error_prone_annotations")
   implementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto")
-  implementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.0")
+  implementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.33.1")
   implementation("com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8:2.35.2")
   implementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat:jackson-dataformat-yaml")
   // we'll replace caffeine shaded in armeria with a later version that doesn't use Unsafe. Caffeine