diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.mod b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.mod
index 7abfd7dd0fd3..16ff55092e35 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.mod
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.80.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv v0.80.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
diff --git a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.sum b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.sum
index 0e788007579a..fb936fb3eb11 100644
--- a/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.sum
+++ b/receiver/prometheusreceiver/go.sum
@@ -1095,8 +1095,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/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=
 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=