diff --git a/.config/aqua/aqua.yaml b/.config/aqua/aqua.yaml
index 34689b2d..4b88908e 100644
--- a/.config/aqua/aqua.yaml
+++ b/.config/aqua/aqua.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ packages:
 - name: kubernetes-sigs/krew@v0.4.4
 - name: tilt-dev/tilt@v0.33.21
 - name: tilt-dev/ctlptl@v0.8.36
-- name: protocolbuffers/protobuf/protoc@v28.3
+- name: protocolbuffers/protobuf/protoc@v29.1
 - name: protocolbuffers/protobuf-go/protoc-gen-go@v1.35.2
 - name: Wilfred/difftastic@0.61.0
 - name: golang/go@go1.23.4