diff --git a/x/evidence/go.mod b/x/evidence/go.mod
index 8971398f6408..3ee636d1ab51 100644
--- a/x/evidence/go.mod
+++ b/x/evidence/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module cosmossdk.io/x/evidence
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.22
 
 require (
 	cosmossdk.io/api v0.7.5
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240311132316-a219d84964c2
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/x/evidence/go.sum b/x/evidence/go.sum
index 8bb436469235..1383c64a4280 100644
--- a/x/evidence/go.sum
+++ b/x/evidence/go.sum
@@ -981,8 +981,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7 h1:IgrO7UwFQGJdRNXH/sQux4R1Dj1WAKcLElzeeRaXV2A=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.7/go.mod h1:jduwjTPXsFjZGTmRluh+L6NjiWu7pchiJ2/5YcXBHnY=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 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=