diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a34865e33e2a..0b32bc9e208b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20201221181555-eec23a3978ad
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210602131652-f16073e35f0c
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.39.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.6 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1e41847aa167..f10b9e9f87b2 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1189,8 +1189,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.24.0/go.mod h1:r/3tXBNzIEhYS9I1OUVjXDlt8tc493IdKGj
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.1-0.20200805231151-a709e31e5d12/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0 h1:bxAC2xTBsZGibn2RTntX0oH50xLsqy1OxA9tTL3p/lk=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 h1:SnqbnDw1V7RiZcXPx5MEeqPv2s79L9i7BJUlG/+RurQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 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=