diff --git a/tx/go.mod b/tx/go.mod
index eb36cc668139..a0f81041f79b 100644
--- a/tx/go.mod
+++ b/tx/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.3.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.4
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/tx/go.sum b/tx/go.sum
index 02462d4a0fd9..71f4aff3f57f 100644
--- a/tx/go.sum
+++ b/tx/go.sum
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0 h1:3Oj82/tFSCeUrRTg/5E/7d/W5A1tj6Ky1ABAuZuv5ag=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.55.0/go.mod h1:iYEXKGkEBhg1PjZQvoYEVPTDkHo1/bjTnfwTeGONTY8=
 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 v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 h1:yBPeRvTftaleIgM3PZ/WBIZ7XM/eEYAaEyCwvyjq/gk=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/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/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=