diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c0c531f98a..2f6b7cfae4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 	golang.org/x/text v0.29.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.34.1
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.34.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f9ecb8520f..5910468cc4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -325,8 +325,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5/go.mod h1:M4/wBTSeyLxupu3W3tJtOgB14jILAS/XWPSSa3TAlJc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1 h1:/ODCNEuf9VghjgO3rqLcfg8fiOP0nSluljWFlDxELLI=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1/go.mod h1:JtPAzKiq4v1xcAB2hydNlWI2RnF85XXcV0mhKXr2ecQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9 h1:w2gp2mA27hUeUzj9Ex9FBjsBm40zfaDtEWow293U7Iw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10 h1:AYd7cD/uASjIL6Q9LiTjz8JLcrh/88q5UObnmY3aOOE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/tests/go.mod b/tests/go.mod
index 157fb07e33..6c9906d63a 100644
--- a/tests/go.mod
+++ b/tests/go.mod
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	gomodules.xyz/jsonpatch/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/evanphx/json-patch.v4 v4.13.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/tests/go.sum b/tests/go.sum
index 2b31092c37..8c60a05ca6 100644
--- a/tests/go.sum
+++ b/tests/go.sum
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250825161204-c5933d9347a5/go.mod h1:M4/wBTSeyLxupu3W3tJtOgB14jILAS/XWPSSa3TAlJc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1 h1:/ODCNEuf9VghjgO3rqLcfg8fiOP0nSluljWFlDxELLI=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.75.1/go.mod h1:JtPAzKiq4v1xcAB2hydNlWI2RnF85XXcV0mhKXr2ecQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9 h1:w2gp2mA27hUeUzj9Ex9FBjsBm40zfaDtEWow293U7Iw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.9/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10 h1:AYd7cD/uASjIL6Q9LiTjz8JLcrh/88q5UObnmY3aOOE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=