diff --git a/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.mod b/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.mod
index df527f8a..dd8ad846 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.sum b/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.sum
index d4e2bbce..e6f52c15 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.sum
+++ b/pkg/controller/testdata/ghz/go.sum
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
 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 v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=