diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 29379208cb..e576217b24 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/go-ldap/ldap/v3 v3.2.4
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.5.0
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 493c7eb98d..b620565c28 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -144,8 +144,9 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QDs8UjoX8=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0 h1:LUVKkCeviFUMKqHa4tXIIij/lbhnMbP7Fn5wKdKkRh4=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1 h1:jAbXjIeW2ZSW2AwFxlGTDoc2CjI2XujLkV3ArsZFCvc=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1/go.mod h1:DopwsBzvsk0Fs44TXzsVbJyPhcCPeIwnvohx4u74HPM=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.2.0/go.mod h1:oXzfMopK8JAjlY9xF4vHSVASa0yLyX7SntLO5aqRK0M=