diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index cc64248e7..c1faac94e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.6.0+incompatible
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.13.0
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test/v4 v4.4.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 2c0336007..69a3c52c8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -143,8 +143,9 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.1/go.mod h1:U8fpvMrcmy5pZrNK1lt4xCsGvpyWQ/VVv6QD
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
-github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 h1:KhyjKVUg7Usr/dYsdSqoFveMYd5ko72D+zANwlG1mmg=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3/go.mod h1:XVQd3VNwM+JqD3oG2Ue2ip4fOMUkwXdXDdiuN0vRsmY=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/btree v1.0.0/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
 github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 h1:ZK/5VhkoX835RikCHpSUJV9a+S3e1zLh59YnyWeBW+0=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb/decode.go b/vendor/github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb/decode.go
index 60e82caa9..6c16c255f 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb/decode.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb/decode.go
@@ -386,8 +386,14 @@ func (u *Unmarshaler) unmarshalMessage(m protoreflect.Message, in []byte) error
 }
 
 func isSingularWellKnownValue(fd protoreflect.FieldDescriptor) bool {
+	if fd.Cardinality() == protoreflect.Repeated {
+		return false
+	}
 	if md := fd.Message(); md != nil {
-		return md.FullName() == "google.protobuf.Value" && fd.Cardinality() != protoreflect.Repeated
+		return md.FullName() == "google.protobuf.Value"
+	}
+	if ed := fd.Enum(); ed != nil {
+		return ed.FullName() == "google.protobuf.NullValue"
 	}
 	return false
 }
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 155b9ac2b..458ee7d4e 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ github.com/golang/groupcache/lru
 # github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
 ## explicit; go 1.11
 github.com/golang/mock/gomock
-# github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2
+# github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 ## explicit; go 1.9
 github.com/golang/protobuf/descriptor
 github.com/golang/protobuf/jsonpb