diff --git a/core/go.mod b/core/go.mod
index 00cf457281e7..68b78d0a763d 100644
--- a/core/go.mod
+++ b/core/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-alpha7
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/api v0.1.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/container v1.0.0-alpha.3
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.2.0
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
diff --git a/core/go.sum b/core/go.sum
index 3da2dfcc70b5..a51b5c5dbadd 100644
--- a/core/go.sum
+++ b/core/go.sum
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ 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 v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 h1:w43yiav+6bVFTBQFZX0r7ipe9JQ1QsbMgHwbBziscLw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/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=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=