diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cf54000..0d3f1f3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/unsafe-risk/ulengthen
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.23
 
 // +heroku goVersion go1.18
 
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/lemon-mint/vbox v1.3.2
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.8.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11
 )
 
 require golang.org/x/sys v0.7.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f3b53d8..b5cbb35 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8T
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 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 v1.36.11 h1:fV6ZwhNocDyBLK0dj+fg8ektcVegBBuEolpbTQyBNVE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.11/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=