diff --git a/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2259-google-golang-org-protobuf-1-36-2.md b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2259-google-golang-org-protobuf-1-36-2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed8a431b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/unreleased/dependencies/2259-google-golang-org-protobuf-1-36-2.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+* `google.golang.org/protobuf` bumped to v1.36.2 (from v1.36.1) [PR 2259](https://github.com/provenance-io/provenance/pull/2259).
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8378114a8..d9530efda 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20241015192408-796eee8c2d53
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.69.2
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a28992280..865d995d5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1675,8 +1675,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-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=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2 h1:R8FeyR1/eLmkutZOM5CWghmo5itiG9z0ktFlTVLuTmU=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.2/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=