diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4a24ae98c5..389e06b3bc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-ini/ini v1.51.0
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v0.1.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2
 	github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud v0.7.1-0.20200116011225-46fdd1830e9a
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.3
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0