diff --git a/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.mod b/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.mod
index 73e662171..7789c1a46 100644
--- a/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.mod
+++ b/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.mod
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ go 1.14
 
 require (
 	github.com/lf-edge/eve-api/go v0.0.0-20231214160111-99ce4e43be4b
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 )
diff --git a/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.sum b/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.sum
index e3eb4dcfc..e324df2d2 100644
--- a/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.sum
+++ b/tests/eclient/image/pkg/go.sum
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IV
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/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=