diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a5faa59b1..dd2b444fc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.10.0
 	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.5.0
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.1
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.4
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.1
 	github.com/gtank/merlin v0.1.1-0.20191105220539-8318aed1a79f
 	github.com/libp2p/go-buffer-pool v0.0.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0e05ecad9..c8eb10010 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2 h1:6nsPYzhq5kReh6QImI3k5qWzO4PEbvbIW2cwSfR/6xs
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.2/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3 h1:gyjaxf+svBWX08ZjK86iN9geUJF0H6gp2IRKX6Nf6/I=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.3/go.mod h1:vzj43D7+SQXF/4pzW/hwtAqwc6iTitCiVSaWz5lYuqw=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.4 h1:87PNWwrRvUSnqS4dlcBU/ftvOIBep4sYuBLlh6rX2wk=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.4/go.mod h1:vzj43D7+SQXF/4pzW/hwtAqwc6iTitCiVSaWz5lYuqw=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.0-20180518054509-2e65f85255db/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1 h1:Qgr9rKW7uDUkrbSmQeiDsGa8SjGyCOGtuasMWwvp2P4=
 github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.1/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEWrmP2Q=