diff --git a/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.mod b/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.mod
index f65e23e0f4f4..2ad3347f827d 100644
--- a/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.mod
+++ b/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.mod
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ replace github.com/hashicorp/consul => ./consul
 
 require github.com/hashicorp/consul v1.11.4
 
-require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 // indirect
+require google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
diff --git a/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.sum b/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.sum
index 00f5993c956c..2e26fa55deac 100644
--- a/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.sum
+++ b/internal/tools/proto-gen-rpc-glue/e2e/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5 h1:Khx7svrCpmxxtHBq5j2mp/xVjsi8hQMfNLvJFAlrGgU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.5/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1 h1:d0NfwRgPtno5B1Wa6L2DAG+KivqkdutMf1UhdNx175w=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=