diff --git a/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.mod
index 13e98a5854f1..cf6491bbdcd0 100644
--- a/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.mod
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.81.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.81.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.sum
index ffbc6197cb90..bd3f9af632aa 100644
--- a/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/collectdreceiver/go.sum
@@ -438,8 +438,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpAD
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 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 v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0 h1:mjIs9gYtt56AzC4ZaffQuh88TZurBGhIJMBZGSxNerQ=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.0/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1 v1.0.0-20181015200546-f715ec2f112d/go.mod h1:cuepJuh7vyXfUyUwEgHQXw849cJrilpS5NeIjOWESAw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=