diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ebfa0431..a9319ebe 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ require (
 require (
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 )
 
@@ -185,6 +184,7 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.128.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20231012201019-e917dd12ba7a // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.6 // indirect