diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 948524ac8..fb2cfaef6 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ archive_override(
     urls = ["https://github.com/malkia/c-ares/archive/refs/tags/v1.35.8-0.tar.gz"]
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "36.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "36.0.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "opentelemetry-proto", version = "1.8.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "prometheus-cpp", version = "1.3.0.bcr.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "civetweb", version = "1.16.bcr.4")
diff --git a/x/MODULE.bazel b/x/MODULE.bazel
index c1cc4b16a..9e7696713 100644
--- a/x/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/x/MODULE.bazel
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ archive_override(
     urls = ["https://github.com/malkia/c-ares/archive/refs/tags/v1.35.8-0.tar.gz"]
 )
 
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "36.0")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "36.0.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "opentelemetry-proto", version = "1.8.0")
 bazel_dep(name = "prometheus-cpp", version = "1.3.0.bcr.2")
 bazel_dep(name = "civetweb", version = "1.16.bcr.4")