diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3b652ad58..ed3626e77 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/getgauge/common v0.0.0-20231211152919-94c93e29f0b9
 	github.com/getgauge/gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages v0.0.0-20240305092417-e4088981ee73
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
 	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7
 	github.com/natefinch/lumberjack v2.0.0+incompatible
 	github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d1b269130..37e643897 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -15,15 +15,13 @@ github.com/getgauge/common v0.0.0-20231211152919-94c93e29f0b9 h1:OwggKdL8AeteB2y
 github.com/getgauge/common v0.0.0-20231211152919-94c93e29f0b9/go.mod h1:p/Q0+qO2bLq08PuxaHrxIgkvKlGGYHyXad33+zKIiXU=
 github.com/getgauge/gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages v0.0.0-20240305092417-e4088981ee73 h1:WkPxV7TpYcqzSWHMSEnDAKJFLWugp/rWtvHVJz+0h0E=
 github.com/getgauge/gauge-proto/go/gauge_messages v0.0.0-20240305092417-e4088981ee73/go.mod h1:TXmEkop8jQOf4Q84sCcbJE1kVvb3rcZLkMHL6WbCbcQ=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/golangplus/bytes v0.0.0-20160111154220-45c989fe5450/go.mod h1:Bk6SMAONeMXrxql8uvOKuAZSu8aM5RUGv+1C6IJaEho=
 github.com/golangplus/bytes v1.0.0/go.mod h1:AdRaCFwmc/00ZzELMWb01soso6W1R/++O1XL80yAn+A=
 github.com/golangplus/fmt v1.0.0/go.mod h1:zpM0OfbMCjPtd2qkTD/jX2MgiFCqklhSUFyDW44gVQE=
 github.com/golangplus/testing v1.0.0 h1:+ZeeiKZENNOMkTTELoSySazi+XaEhVO0mb+eanrSEUQ=
 github.com/golangplus/testing v1.0.0/go.mod h1:ZDreixUV3YzhoVraIDyOzHrr76p6NUh6k/pPg/Q3gYA=
-github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1 h1:q7AeDBpnBk8AogcD4DSag/Ukw/KV+YhzLj2bP5HvKCM=
@@ -68,13 +66,10 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0 h1:DBdB3niSjOA/O0blCZBqDefyWNYveAYMNF1Wum0DYQ4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.18.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
-golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240304212257-790db918fca8 h1:IR+hp6ypxjH24bkMfEJ0yHR21+gwPWdV+/IBrPQyn3k=
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240304212257-790db918fca8/go.mod h1:UCOku4NytXMJuLQE5VuqA5lX3PcHCBo8pxNyvkf4xBs=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0 h1:HQKZ/fa1bXkX1oFOvSjmZEUL8wLSaZTjCcLAlmZRtdk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.0/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
-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 v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=