diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f5fab9614e6..3aa00ab3039 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.32.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 	//
 	// when updating k8s.io/kubernetes, make sure to update the replace section too
 	//
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4608424b5c5..a4745229161 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -3407,8 +3407,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHh
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.1/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+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/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=
diff --git a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/errors/is_go112.go b/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/errors/is_go112.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fbcd349207d..00000000000
--- a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/errors/is_go112.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build !go1.13
-// +build !go1.13
-
-package errors
-
-import "reflect"
-
-// Is is a copy of Go 1.13's errors.Is for use with older Go versions.
-func Is(err, target error) bool {
-	if target == nil {
-		return err == target
-	}
-
-	isComparable := reflect.TypeOf(target).Comparable()
-	for {
-		if isComparable && err == target {
-			return true
-		}
-		if x, ok := err.(interface{ Is(error) bool }); ok && x.Is(target) {
-			return true
-		}
-		if err = unwrap(err); err == nil {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func unwrap(err error) error {
-	u, ok := err.(interface {
-		Unwrap() error
-	})
-	if !ok {
-		return nil
-	}
-	return u.Unwrap()
-}
diff --git a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/errors/is_go113.go b/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/errors/is_go113.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e72f1cde9e..00000000000
--- a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/errors/is_go113.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2020 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build go1.13
-// +build go1.13
-
-package errors
-
-import "errors"
-
-// Is is errors.Is.
-func Is(err, target error) bool { return errors.Is(err, target) }
diff --git a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/impl/message_reflect.go b/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/impl/message_reflect.go
index 1b9b16a4079..31c19b54f8d 100644
--- a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/impl/message_reflect.go
+++ b/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/impl/message_reflect.go
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ func (mi *MessageInfo) makeKnownFieldsFunc(si structInfo) {
 	mi.oneofs = map[protoreflect.Name]*oneofInfo{}
 	for i := 0; i < md.Oneofs().Len(); i++ {
 		od := md.Oneofs().Get(i)
-		if !od.IsSynthetic() {
-			mi.oneofs[od.Name()] = makeOneofInfo(od, si, mi.Exporter)
-		}
+		mi.oneofs[od.Name()] = makeOneofInfo(od, si, mi.Exporter)
 	}
 
 	mi.denseFields = make([]*fieldInfo, fds.Len()*2)
diff --git a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/version/version.go b/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/version/version.go
index e27eaefcf3a..3018450df79 100644
--- a/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/version/version.go
+++ b/vendor/google.golang.org/protobuf/internal/version/version.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	Major      = 1
 	Minor      = 36
-	Patch      = 0
+	Patch      = 1
 	PreRelease = ""
 )
 
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index bfb1aa3b9e3..6786058df1c 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ google.golang.org/grpc/serviceconfig
 google.golang.org/grpc/stats
 google.golang.org/grpc/status
 google.golang.org/grpc/tap
-# google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
+# google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
 ## explicit; go 1.21
 google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protodelim
 google.golang.org/protobuf/encoding/protojson