diff --git a/modules/inbucket/go.mod b/modules/inbucket/go.mod
index d4aca19ca0..237d839fa4 100644
--- a/modules/inbucket/go.mod
+++ b/modules/inbucket/go.mod
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.13.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20230711160842-782d3b101e98 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.3 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 )
 
 replace github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go => ../..
diff --git a/modules/inbucket/go.sum b/modules/inbucket/go.sum
index 6accf90fbe..a6f29fe3e6 100644
--- a/modules/inbucket/go.sum
+++ b/modules/inbucket/go.sum
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.3 h1:BjnpXut1btbtgN/6sp+brB2Kbm2LjNXnidYujAVbSoQ=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.3/go.mod h1:tgX3ZQDlNJGU96V6yHh1T/JeoBQ2TXdr43YbYSsCJk0=
 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 v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=