diff --git a/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.mod b/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.mod
index 32ceb019..9e2a66c5 100644
--- a/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.mod
+++ b/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.mod
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20260630182238-925bb5da69e7
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260724162435-b2f20204f0df // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.82.1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12
 	k8s.io/apiserver v0.36.3
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.sum b/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.sum
index ef79bec2..8ffca3d0 100644
--- a/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.sum
+++ b/plugins/k8saudit-gke/go.sum
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.22.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.0/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2l/sGQquU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.23.1-0.20200526195155-81db48ad09cc/go.mod h1:EGpADcykh3NcUnDUJcl1+ZksZNG86OlYog2l/sGQquU=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlbajtzgsN7c=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af h1:+5/Sw3GsDNlEmu7TfklWKPdQ0Ykja5VEmq2i817+jbI=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12 h1:pJOKDDOyeXErUroCihFAd5LQuwXBSpVnKGrj5o/fwxc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 h1:73M5CoZyi3ZLMOyDlQh031Cx6N9NDJ2Vvfl76EDAgDc=
 gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1/go.mod h1:cWUDdTG/fYaXco+Dcufb5Vnc6Gp2YChqWtbxRZE0mXw=