diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 375476f91..71b7028b9 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.22
 require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0
 	github.com/jaypipes/ghw v0.8.1-0.20210827132705-c7224150a17e
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 	k8s.io/api v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.29.0
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/kubernetes v1.29.0
 	k8s.io/pod-security-admission v0.29.0
 	k8s.io/utils v0.0.0-20230726121419-3b25d923346b
-	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1
 	sigs.k8s.io/yaml v1.3.0
 )
 
@@ -200,6 +199,7 @@ require (
 	k8s.io/mount-utils v0.25.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/apiserver-network-proxy/konnectivity-client v0.28.0 // indirect
 	sigs.k8s.io/json v0.0.0-20221116044647-bc3834ca7abd // indirect
+	sigs.k8s.io/structured-merge-diff/v4 v4.4.1 // indirect
 )
 
 // The k8s "sub-"packages do not have 'semver' compatible versions. Thus, we
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 03bd53edc..0730bfb96 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -902,8 +902,9 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.3/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.1/go.mod h1:DopwsBzvsk0Fs44TXzsVbJyPhcCPeIwnvohx4u74HPM=
 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/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 h1:i7eJL8qZTpSEXOPTxNKhASYpMn+8e5Q6AdndVa1dWek=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4/go.mod h1:lnTiLA8Wa4RWRcIUkrtSVa5nRhsEGBg48fD6rSs7xps=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.3/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/google/btree v0.0.0-20180813153112-4030bb1f1f0c/go.mod h1:lNA+9X1NB3Zf8V7Ke586lFgjr2dZNuvo3lPJSGZ5JPQ=
@@ -2112,8 +2113,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqw
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 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=
+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/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=