diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index b5aee102..dc8cc703 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "grpc", version = "1.84.0", repo_name = "com_github_grpc_grpc")
 bazel_dep(name = "openconfig_gnmi", version = "0.14.1", repo_name = "com_github_openconfig_gnmi")
 bazel_dep(name = "p4runtime", version = "0.0.0", repo_name = "p4runtime_protos")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.1.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "36.1.bcr.1", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "36.2", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "re2", version = "2024-07-02.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.64.1", repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "1.3.0")
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 36dddee5..bdde8b6d 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "4717ac5e9b69bfed18b1cbc39b8fc87921e0518b68c4a84643d547720a7adbd5",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-36.1",
-    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v36.1.zip",
+    sha256 = "9f920d506147af23d9500278661e31f670ec541c79a8f46041ae1f833400e086",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-36.2",
+    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v36.2.zip",
 )
 
 http_archive(