diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fdf75a8fc..8c06916e5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20220513210516-0976fa681c29
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20220519153652-3a47de7e79bd
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.48.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.6
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.7.3
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 008b69be2..6c2b817e2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1865,8 +1865,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.1-0.20200805231151-a709e31e5d12/go.mod h1:9JNX7
 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 v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/alexcesaro/statsd.v2 v2.0.0 h1:FXkZSCZIH17vLCO5sO2UucTHsH9pc+17F6pl3JVCwMc=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=