diff --git a/build/tools/go.mod b/build/tools/go.mod
index 89448cba89..ef2fc4fcae 100644
--- a/build/tools/go.mod
+++ b/build/tools/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.63.4
 	github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report v1.0.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.7.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.3
 )
diff --git a/build/tools/go.sum b/build/tools/go.sum
index 4ad117aa9f..3e3020003b 100644
--- a/build/tools/go.sum
+++ b/build/tools/go.sum
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2 h1:3QdXkuq3Bkh7w+ywLdLvM56cmGvQHUMZpiCzt6Rqaoo=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.66.2/go.mod h1:s3/l6xSSCURdVfAnL+TqCNMyTDAGN6+lZeVxnZR128Y=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1 h1:F29+wU6Ee6qgu9TddPgooOdaqsxTMunOoj8KA5yuS5A=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5KF+wpkbTSbGcR9zteSqZV6fqFOWBl4Yde8En8MryZA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4 h1:6A3ZDJHn/eNqc1i+IdefRzy/9PokBTPvcqMySR7NNIM=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 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=