diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2a8fb21..e63bc61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies = [
   "grpcio==1.83.0",
   "inflect==7.5.0",
   "kr8s==0.20.15",
-  "protobuf==7.35.1",
+  "protobuf==7.36.0",
   "pyyaml==6.0.3",
 ]