diff --git a/examples/remote-benchmark/go.mod b/examples/remote-benchmark/go.mod
index 7f052462..77a9938e 100644
--- a/examples/remote-benchmark/go.mod
+++ b/examples/remote-benchmark/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ replace github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go => ../..
 
 require (
 	github.com/asynkron/goconsole v0.0.0-20160504192649-bfa12eebf716
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 )
 
 require github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go v0.0.0-20240116091649-93e384a26d0d
diff --git a/examples/remote-benchmark/go.sum b/examples/remote-benchmark/go.sum
index e1d72ade..c63188f9 100644
--- a/examples/remote-benchmark/go.sum
+++ b/examples/remote-benchmark/go.sum
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1 h1:26+wFr+cNqSGFcOXcabYC0lUVJVRa2Sb2ortSK7VrEU=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.1/go.mod h1:OlCHIeLYqSSsLi6i49B5QGdzaMZK9+M7LXN2FKz4eGM=
 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=