diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 11546a32b806..93c9b23e06a4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 module github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240814211410-ddb44dafa142
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.67.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
 	pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5823f1e33f77..461ca4bbcb81 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1015,8 +1015,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 h1:m3LfL6/Ca+fqnjnlqQXNpFPABW1UD7mjh8KO2mKFytA=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 h1:z1NpPI8ku2WgiWnf+t9wTPsn6eP1L7ksHUlkfLvd9xY=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
 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=