diff --git a/internal/proto/internal.pb.go b/internal/proto/internal.pb.go
index 946790f27e..0771d9ae02 100644
--- a/internal/proto/internal.pb.go
+++ b/internal/proto/internal.pb.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.36.3-devel
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.36.4
 // 	protoc        (unknown)
 // source: internal.proto
 
@@ -1156,14 +1156,14 @@ var file_internal_proto_rawDesc = string([]byte{
 
 var (
 	file_internal_proto_rawDescOnce sync.Once
-	file_internal_proto_rawDescData = file_internal_proto_rawDesc
+	file_internal_proto_rawDescData []byte
 )
 
 func file_internal_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
 	file_internal_proto_rawDescOnce.Do(func() {
-		file_internal_proto_rawDescData = string(protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP([]byte(file_internal_proto_rawDescData)))
+		file_internal_proto_rawDescData = protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP(unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(file_internal_proto_rawDesc), len(file_internal_proto_rawDesc)))
 	})
-	return []byte(file_internal_proto_rawDescData)
+	return file_internal_proto_rawDescData
 }
 
 var file_internal_proto_enumTypes = make([]protoimpl.EnumInfo, 1)
diff --git a/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/minder.pb.go b/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/minder.pb.go
index 1fad879ed5..1d0dd26f30 100644
--- a/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/minder.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1/minder.pb.go
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.36.3-devel
+// 	protoc-gen-go v1.36.4
 // 	protoc        (unknown)
 // source: minder/v1/minder.proto
 
@@ -17211,14 +17211,14 @@ var file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDesc = string([]byte{
 
 var (
 	file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescOnce sync.Once
-	file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescData = file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDesc
+	file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescData []byte
 )
 
 func file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescGZIP() []byte {
 	file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescOnce.Do(func() {
-		file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescData = string(protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP([]byte(file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescData)))
+		file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescData = protoimpl.X.CompressGZIP(unsafe.Slice(unsafe.StringData(file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDesc), len(file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDesc)))
 	})
-	return []byte(file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescData)
+	return file_minder_v1_minder_proto_rawDescData
 }
 
 var file_minder_v1_minder_proto_enumTypes = make([]protoimpl.EnumInfo, 10)
diff --git a/tools/go.mod b/tools/go.mod
index 26593d7523..9d113a041c 100644
--- a/tools/go.mod
+++ b/tools/go.mod
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20210508222113-6edffad5e616
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.29.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc/cmd/protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4-0.20250116160514-2005adbe0cf6
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4
 	mvdan.cc/gofumpt v0.7.0
 )
 
diff --git a/tools/go.sum b/tools/go.sum
index 48acf4d129..9a34320efa 100644
--- a/tools/go.sum
+++ b/tools/go.sum
@@ -1165,8 +1165,8 @@ 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 v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4-0.20250116160514-2005adbe0cf6 h1:ExbOpvwTDdpfXk6InTqz/MevF+sSFWrAZlfZUy5Kw6k=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4-0.20250116160514-2005adbe0cf6/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4 h1:6A3ZDJHn/eNqc1i+IdefRzy/9PokBTPvcqMySR7NNIM=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.4/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 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=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=