diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 589c26956ad..2dc2c02c8b2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220624220833-87e55d714810
 	google.golang.org/api v0.88.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.48.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 	gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.40.1
 	k8s.io/api v0.24.3
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4124ab14b71..3e3baf3595f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1465,8 +1465,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 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 v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.40.1 h1:ou2cMah30qvQEMTYPF0CVOhDd2ji2+WQk9/meYFuZ84=
 gopkg.in/DataDog/dd-trace-go.v1 v1.40.1/go.mod h1:tlSNIf2aKOah7PmoEP4qQETNVKgonk5BWwNnblw8C8w=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=