diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 59a771dd7e2..1e2c0c8a0cd 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ bazel_dep(
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "protobuf",
-    version = "29.3",
+    version = "30.0",
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "bazel_skylib",
diff --git a/examples/go/with_proto/MODULE.bazel b/examples/go/with_proto/MODULE.bazel
index 2b4741cfda2..e5a00191229 100644
--- a/examples/go/with_proto/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/examples/go/with_proto/MODULE.bazel
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bazel_dep(
 )
 bazel_dep(
     name = "protobuf",
-    version = "27.5",
+    version = "30.0",
     repo_name = "com_google_protobuf",
 )