diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4e8ed2a00..f6260413b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.19
 require (
 	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap/v2 v2.2.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.4
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/kuadrant/authorino v0.14.0
@@ -48,6 +47,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/googleapis/enterprise-certificate-proxy v0.2.1 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/rlptools/wasm/types.go b/pkg/rlptools/wasm/types.go
index b53a34745..2e553ea35 100644
--- a/pkg/rlptools/wasm/types.go
+++ b/pkg/rlptools/wasm/types.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package wasm
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 
-	_struct "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/struct"
+	_struct "google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/structpb"
 	gatewayapiv1beta1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1beta1"
 
 	kuadrantv1beta2 "github.com/kuadrant/kuadrant-operator/api/v1beta2"
diff --git a/pkg/rlptools/wasm_utils.go b/pkg/rlptools/wasm_utils.go
index d1e275645..a2d9581f7 100644
--- a/pkg/rlptools/wasm_utils.go
+++ b/pkg/rlptools/wasm_utils.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	_struct "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/struct"
+	_struct "google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/structpb"
 	istioclientgoextensionv1alpha1 "istio.io/client-go/pkg/apis/extensions/v1alpha1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	gatewayapiv1beta1 "sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/apis/v1beta1"