diff --git a/ghttp/handlers.go b/ghttp/handlers.go
index b2d1c2c46..3e7b66971 100644
--- a/ghttp/handlers.go
+++ b/ghttp/handlers.go
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/internal/gutil"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/types"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 )
 
 type GHTTPWithGomega struct {
diff --git a/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.pb.go b/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.pb.go
index c55a48448..5ea008f5a 100644
--- a/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.pb.go
+++ b/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.pb.go
@@ -1,55 +1,162 @@
-// Code generated by protoc-gen-go.
-// source: simple_message.proto
-// DO NOT EDIT!
+// Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
+// versions:
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.33.0
+// 	protoc        v5.26.0
+// source: ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.proto
 
-/*
-Package protobuf is a generated protocol buffer package.
-
-It is generated from these files:
-	simple_message.proto
-
-It has these top-level messages:
-	SimpleMessage
-*/
 package protobuf
 
-import proto "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
-import fmt "fmt"
-import math "math"
+import (
+	protoreflect "google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protoreflect"
+	protoimpl "google.golang.org/protobuf/runtime/protoimpl"
+	reflect "reflect"
+	sync "sync"
+)
 
-// Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
-var _ = proto.Marshal
-var _ = fmt.Errorf
-var _ = math.Inf
+const (
+	// Verify that this generated code is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(20 - protoimpl.MinVersion)
+	// Verify that runtime/protoimpl is sufficiently up-to-date.
+	_ = protoimpl.EnforceVersion(protoimpl.MaxVersion - 20)
+)
 
 type SimpleMessage struct {
-	Description      *string `protobuf:"bytes,1,req,name=description" json:"description,omitempty"`
-	Id               *int32  `protobuf:"varint,2,req,name=id" json:"id,omitempty"`
-	Metadata         *string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=metadata" json:"metadata,omitempty"`
-	XXX_unrecognized []byte  `json:"-"`
+	state         protoimpl.MessageState
+	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
+	unknownFields protoimpl.UnknownFields
+
+	Description *string `protobuf:"bytes,1,req,name=description" json:"description,omitempty"`
+	Id          *int32  `protobuf:"varint,2,req,name=id" json:"id,omitempty"`
+	Metadata    *string `protobuf:"bytes,3,opt,name=metadata" json:"metadata,omitempty"`
 }
 
-func (m *SimpleMessage) Reset()         { *m = SimpleMessage{} }
-func (m *SimpleMessage) String() string { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
-func (*SimpleMessage) ProtoMessage()    {}
+func (x *SimpleMessage) Reset() {
+	*x = SimpleMessage{}
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
+		mi := &file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_msgTypes[0]
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+	}
+}
+
+func (x *SimpleMessage) String() string {
+	return protoimpl.X.MessageStringOf(x)
+}
+
+func (*SimpleMessage) ProtoMessage() {}
+
+func (x *SimpleMessage) ProtoReflect() protoreflect.Message {
+	mi := &file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_msgTypes[0]
+	if protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled && x != nil {
+		ms := protoimpl.X.MessageStateOf(protoimpl.Pointer(x))
+		if ms.LoadMessageInfo() == nil {
+			ms.StoreMessageInfo(mi)
+		}
+		return ms
+	}
+	return mi.MessageOf(x)
+}
+
+// Deprecated: Use SimpleMessage.ProtoReflect.Descriptor instead.
+func (*SimpleMessage) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) {
+	return file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescGZIP(), []int{0}
+}
 
-func (m *SimpleMessage) GetDescription() string {
-	if m != nil && m.Description != nil {
-		return *m.Description
+func (x *SimpleMessage) GetDescription() string {
+	if x != nil && x.Description != nil {
+		return *x.Description
 	}
 	return ""
 }
 
-func (m *SimpleMessage) GetId() int32 {
-	if m != nil && m.Id != nil {
-		return *m.Id
+func (x *SimpleMessage) GetId() int32 {
+	if x != nil && x.Id != nil {
+		return *x.Id
 	}
 	return 0
 }
 
-func (m *SimpleMessage) GetMetadata() string {
-	if m != nil && m.Metadata != nil {
-		return *m.Metadata
+func (x *SimpleMessage) GetMetadata() string {
+	if x != nil && x.Metadata != nil {
+		return *x.Metadata
 	}
 	return ""
 }
+
+var File_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto protoreflect.FileDescriptor
+
+var file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDesc = []byte{
+	0x0a, 0x23, 0x67, 0x68, 0x74, 0x74, 0x70, 0x2f, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x62, 0x75, 0x66,
+	0x2f, 0x73, 0x69, 0x6d, 0x70, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x5f, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x73, 0x61, 0x67, 0x65, 0x2e,
+	0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x12, 0x08, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x62, 0x75, 0x66, 0x22,
+	0x5d, 0x0a, 0x0d, 0x53, 0x69, 0x6d, 0x70, 0x6c, 0x65, 0x4d, 0x65, 0x73, 0x73, 0x61, 0x67, 0x65,
+	0x12, 0x20, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x64, 0x65, 0x73, 0x63, 0x72, 0x69, 0x70, 0x74, 0x69, 0x6f, 0x6e, 0x18,
+	0x01, 0x20, 0x02, 0x28, 0x09, 0x52, 0x0b, 0x64, 0x65, 0x73, 0x63, 0x72, 0x69, 0x70, 0x74, 0x69,
+	0x6f, 0x6e, 0x12, 0x0e, 0x0a, 0x02, 0x69, 0x64, 0x18, 0x02, 0x20, 0x02, 0x28, 0x05, 0x52, 0x02,
+	0x69, 0x64, 0x12, 0x1a, 0x0a, 0x08, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x74, 0x61, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0x18, 0x03,
+	0x20, 0x01, 0x28, 0x09, 0x52, 0x08, 0x6d, 0x65, 0x74, 0x61, 0x64, 0x61, 0x74, 0x61, 0x42, 0x0d,
+	0x5a, 0x0b, 0x2e, 0x2f, 0x3b, 0x70, 0x72, 0x6f, 0x74, 0x6f, 0x62, 0x75, 0x66,
+}
+
+var (
+	file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescOnce sync.Once
+	file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescData = file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDesc
+)
+
+func file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
+	file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescOnce.Do(func() {
+		file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescData = protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP(file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescData)
+	})
+	return file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDescData
+}
+
+var file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_msgTypes = make([]protoimpl.MessageInfo, 1)
+var file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_goTypes = []interface{}{
+	(*SimpleMessage)(nil), // 0: protobuf.SimpleMessage
+}
+var file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_depIdxs = []int32{
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for method output_type
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for method input_type
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for extension type_name
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for extension extendee
+	0, // [0:0] is the sub-list for field type_name
+}
+
+func init() { file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_init() }
+func file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_init() {
+	if File_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	if !protoimpl.UnsafeEnabled {
+		file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_msgTypes[0].Exporter = func(v interface{}, i int) interface{} {
+			switch v := v.(*SimpleMessage); i {
+			case 0:
+				return &v.state
+			case 1:
+				return &v.sizeCache
+			case 2:
+				return &v.unknownFields
+			default:
+				return nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	type x struct{}
+	out := protoimpl.TypeBuilder{
+		File: protoimpl.DescBuilder{
+			GoPackagePath: reflect.TypeOf(x{}).PkgPath(),
+			RawDescriptor: file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDesc,
+			NumEnums:      0,
+			NumMessages:   1,
+			NumExtensions: 0,
+			NumServices:   0,
+		},
+		GoTypes:           file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_goTypes,
+		DependencyIndexes: file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_depIdxs,
+		MessageInfos:      file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_msgTypes,
+	}.Build()
+	File_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto = out.File
+	file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_rawDesc = nil
+	file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_goTypes = nil
+	file_ghttp_protobuf_simple_message_proto_depIdxs = nil
+}
diff --git a/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.proto b/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.proto
index 35b7145c2..dc367d5d3 100644
--- a/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.proto
+++ b/ghttp/protobuf/simple_message.proto
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ syntax = "proto2";
 
 package protobuf;
 
+option go_package = "./;protobuf";
+
 message SimpleMessage {
     required string description = 1;
     required int32 id = 2;
diff --git a/ghttp/test_server_test.go b/ghttp/test_server_test.go
index 1b1342f49..abd9678bd 100644
--- a/ghttp/test_server_test.go
+++ b/ghttp/test_server_test.go
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/gbytes"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/ghttp/protobuf"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega/internal/gutil"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e7940b5b5..208ba71ea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ module github.com/onsi/gomega
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.15.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
@@ -17,5 +17,4 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.16.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c399b35e6..6c81425f4 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ github.com/go-logr/logr v1.3.0/go.mod h1:9T104GzyrTigFIr8wt5mBrctHMim0Nb2HLGrmQ4
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572 h1:tfuBGBXKqDEevZMzYi5KSi8KkcZtzBcTgAUUtapy0OI=
 github.com/go-task/slim-sprig v0.0.0-20230315185526-52ccab3ef572/go.mod h1:9Pwr4B2jHnOSGXyyzV8ROjYa2ojvAY6HCGYYfMoC3Ls=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
@@ -35,9 +33,10 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1 h1:TLyB3WofjdOEepBHAU20JdNC1Zbg87elYofWYAY5oZA=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.16.1/go.mod h1:kYVVN6I1mBNoB1OX+noeBjbRk4IUEPa7JJ+TJMEooJ0=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 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 v1.28.0 h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=