diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index 2ac0acaa5..f0aa5363f 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.23
 require (
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.53.3
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.3.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.31.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools v0.16.3
 	sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/kustomize/v5 v5.4.3
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 4a380ac30..6910528c4 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -1011,8 +1011,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.24.0/go.mod h1:r/3tXBNzIEhYS9I1OUVjXDlt8tc493IdKGj
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 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 v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=