diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2e4140f455db8a6aca741fd10ec9cee0799d2ebb..6c242fe137316398285eb927576bc79f46ef50d0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20211208223120-3a66f561d7aa
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.45.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.66.4
 	sigs.k8s.io/release-utils v0.4.1-0.20220207182343-6dadf2228617
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 23a1d0ba3c5d7f44c568c6b87881c2f005aa494a..c2d57341821dd357f9d6be910b33ef746f3fa90a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2179,8 +2179,9 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.1-0.20200805231151-a709e31e5d12/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
 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 h1:SnqbnDw1V7RiZcXPx5MEeqPv2s79L9i7BJUlG/+RurQ=
 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=
 gopkg.in/airbrake/gobrake.v2 v2.0.9/go.mod h1:/h5ZAUhDkGaJfjzjKLSjv6zCL6O0LLBxU4K+aSYdM/U=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=