diff --git a/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.mod b/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.mod
index bc192cd74..fae70fafe 100644
--- a/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.mod
+++ b/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.mod
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ require (
 	gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.12.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230303212802-e74f57abe488 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.sum b/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.sum
index c99612452..d412631ce 100644
--- a/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.sum
+++ b/concepts/observability-strategy/configurable-monitoring/pocs/tools/metric-gen/go.sum
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1 h1:7QBf+IK2gx70Ap/hDsOmam3GE0v9HicjfEdAxE62UoM=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1/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/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/asn1-ber.v1 v1.0.0-20181015200546-f715ec2f112d/go.mod h1:cuepJuh7vyXfUyUwEgHQXw849cJrilpS5NeIjOWESAw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=