diff --git a/internal/benchmarks/go.mod b/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
index a53510af..8e4b95f0 100644
--- a/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
+++ b/internal/benchmarks/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/igrmk/treemap/v2 v2.0.1
 	github.com/jhump/protoreflect v1.14.1 // MUST NOT be updated to v1.15 or higher
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
 )
 
 require golang.org/x/sync v0.8.0
diff --git a/internal/benchmarks/go.sum b/internal/benchmarks/go.sum
index abda96b7..0260aad8 100644
--- a/internal/benchmarks/go.sum
+++ b/internal/benchmarks/go.sum
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpAD
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/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/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 h1:m3LfL6/Ca+fqnjnlqQXNpFPABW1UD7mjh8KO2mKFytA=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1/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 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=