diff --git a/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.mod b/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.mod
index f09c88b3..772ea2ff 100644
--- a/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.mod
+++ b/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.mod
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/procfs v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kmsg v1.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.sum b/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.sum
index b5cc170d..29ed5fe7 100644
--- a/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.sum
+++ b/examples/hooks_and_logging/plugin_prometheus/go.sum
@@ -476,8 +476,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 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 v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.0 h1:44S3JjaKmLEE4YIkjzexaP+NzZsudE3Zin5Njn/pYX0=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1 h1:7QBf+IK2gx70Ap/hDsOmam3GE0v9HicjfEdAxE62UoM=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 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=