diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index edd30203d..b59913994 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ require (
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard v0.0.0-20250521234502-f333402bd9cb
 	golang.zx2c4.com/wireguard/windows v1.1.1
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.84.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12
 	h12.io/socks v1.0.3
 	layeh.com/gopher-luar v1.0.11
 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.4.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 56196a63b..a1e80c072 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -156,8 +156,6 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.84.0 h1:soMyaPJ8pAak5PIQ0DGBUir0XRo2fRoMqhNWMLlLxO0=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.84.0/go.mod h1:ljCht0DrxQrXBDRTZp52Qxh3Ffk8CdYm2sj4O2QN2C0=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.6.0 h1:6Al3kEFFP9VJhRz3DID6quisgPnTeZVr4lep9kkxdPA=
 google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.6.0/go.mod h1:QLvsjh0OIR0TYBeiu2bkWGTJBUNQ64st52iWj/yA93I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11 h1:fV6ZwhNocDyBLK0dj+fg8ektcVegBBuEolpbTQyBNVE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12 h1:pJOKDDOyeXErUroCihFAd5LQuwXBSpVnKGrj5o/fwxc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=