diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 17e9dd10f60..7a2473934ed 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.17.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 )
 
 // Use version at HEAD, not the latest published.
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index 81f5d70a5b0..d8e05e56537 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -82,5 +82,5 @@ google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 h1:FZR1q0exgwxzPzp/aF+VccGrSfxfPpkBqjIIEq3ru6
 google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7/go.mod h1:8WjMMxjGQR8xUklV/ARdw2HLXBOI7O7uCIDZVag1xfc=
 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 v1.28.0 h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=