diff --git a/core/go.mod b/core/go.mod
index ce5cb8590d..e05ee20327 100644
--- a/core/go.mod
+++ b/core/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	cosmossdk.io/api v0.1.0-alpha9
 	cosmossdk.io/depinject v1.0.0-alpha.2
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-alpha7
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.3.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/core/go.sum b/core/go.sum
index 9363f44e91..60acdf0746 100644
--- a/core/go.sum
+++ b/core/go.sum
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.49.0/go.mod h1:ZgQEeidpAuNRZ8iRrlBKXZQP1ghovWIVhdJRyCD
 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 v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+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 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=