diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-protobuf.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-protobuf.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d107cf997b7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/bump-lua-protobuf.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+message: "Bumped lua-protobuf 0.5.2"
+type: dependency
diff --git a/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec b/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec
index bab08660e7d5..8e9dd14847e6 100644
--- a/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec
+++ b/kong-3.8.0-0.rockspec
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ dependencies = {
   "lua_pack == 2.0.0",
   "binaryheap >= 0.4",
   "luaxxhash >= 1.0",
-  "lua-protobuf == 0.5.1",
+  "lua-protobuf == 0.5.2",
   "lua-resty-healthcheck == 3.1.0",
   "lua-messagepack == 0.5.4",
   "lua-resty-aws == 1.5.3",