diff --git a/examples/golang-http/simple/go.mod b/examples/golang-http/simple/go.mod
index 2e96bd4b9d10..c6dc9e65dd46 100644
--- a/examples/golang-http/simple/go.mod
+++ b/examples/golang-http/simple/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20230310173818-32f1caf87195
 	github.com/envoyproxy/envoy v1.24.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/examples/golang-http/simple/go.sum b/examples/golang-http/simple/go.sum
index 67cbb674021e..829a612b38af 100644
--- a/examples/golang-http/simple/go.sum
+++ b/examples/golang-http/simple/go.sum
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyac
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQciAY=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=