diff --git a/xdsmatcher/go.mod b/xdsmatcher/go.mod
index 09246ceb55..f5e9a029f2 100644
--- a/xdsmatcher/go.mod
+++ b/xdsmatcher/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20230428030218-4003588d1b74
 	github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.11.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/xdsmatcher/go.sum b/xdsmatcher/go.sum
index 82bd8b2410..b6a7c5d6b2 100644
--- a/xdsmatcher/go.sum
+++ b/xdsmatcher/go.sum
@@ -1485,8 +1485,9 @@ 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 v1.29.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 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=