diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 5eebf2fac83e..a585844092ec 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 module cosmossdk.io/api
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.5
 	github.com/cosmos/gogoproto v1.7.0
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index e1cbdeef5534..e96c9142c50f 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80 h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240123012728-ef4313101c80/go.mod h1:PAREbraiVEVGVdTZsVWjSbbTtSyGbAgIIvni8a8CD5s=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1 h1:B4n+nfKzOICUXMgyrNd19h/I9oH0L1pizfk1d4zSgTk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.62.1/go.mod h1:IWTG0VlJLCh1SkC58F7np9ka9mx/WNkjl4PGJaiq+QE=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8 h1:xHScyCOEuuwZEc6UtSOvPbAT4zRh0xcNRYekJwfqyMc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.8/go.mod h1:fuxRtAxBytpl4zzqUh6/eyUujkJdNiuEkXntxiD/uRU=