diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 059ddac2e39..dcb6417d618 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.10.2 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/s2a-go v0.1.7 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.12.0 // indirect