diff --git a/examples/oci-image-verification/go.mod b/examples/oci-image-verification/go.mod
index bb3921a..c20ef42 100644
--- a/examples/oci-image-verification/go.mod
+++ b/examples/oci-image-verification/go.mod
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/term v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241113202542-65e8d215514f // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog/v2 v2.130.1 // indirect
diff --git a/examples/oci-image-verification/go.sum b/examples/oci-image-verification/go.sum
index 2d01779..3448a6d 100644
--- a/examples/oci-image-verification/go.sum
+++ b/examples/oci-image-verification/go.sum
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576/go.mod h1:5uTbfoYQed2U9p3KIj2/Zzm02PYhndfdmML0qC3q3FU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4 h1:MF5TftSMkd8GLw/m0KM6V8CMOCY6NZ1NQDPGFgbTt4A=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4/go.mod h1:vyjdE6jLBI76dgpDojsFGNaHlxdjXN9ghpnd2o7JGZ4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c5f87cf..ecc6b51 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/theupdateframework/go-tuf/v2 v2.0.2
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.32.0
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.22.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 91cff73..3b99962 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -439,8 +439,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20241209162323-e6fa225c2576/go.mod h1:5uTbfoYQed2U9p3KIj2/Zzm02PYhndfdmML0qC3q3FU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4 h1:MF5TftSMkd8GLw/m0KM6V8CMOCY6NZ1NQDPGFgbTt4A=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.4/go.mod h1:vyjdE6jLBI76dgpDojsFGNaHlxdjXN9ghpnd2o7JGZ4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3 h1:82DV7MYdb8anAVi3qge1wSnMDrnKK7ebr+I0hHRN1BU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.3/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=