diff --git a/go/go.mod b/go/go.mod
index 6d41af8b4ec..c181542b188 100644
--- a/go/go.mod
+++ b/go/go.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1
 	github.com/goki/go-difflib v1.2.1
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.5.0
diff --git a/go/go.sum b/go/go.sum
index 1b7ad019163..f432668e6e5 100644
--- a/go/go.sum
+++ b/go/go.sum
@@ -1062,8 +1062,9 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1/go.mod h1:DopwsBzvsk0Fs44TXzsVbJyPhcCPeIwnvohx4u74HPM=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4 h1:yAGX7huGHXlcLOEtBnF4w7FQwA26wojNCwOYAEhLjQM=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=