diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3c11feea90d..b4d69b4c679 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20191024005414-555d28b269f0
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210426193834-eac7f76ac494
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.37.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.60.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d0e3b00c01c..93ffede9f95 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -686,8 +686,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.1-0.20200805231151-a709e31e5d12/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.1-0.20201208041424-160c7477e0e8/go.mod h1:hFxJC2f0epmp1elRCiEGJTKAWbwxZ2nvqZdHl3FQXCY=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 h1:bxAC2xTBsZGibn2RTntX0oH50xLsqy1OxA9tTL3p/lk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+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/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=