Don't depend on github.com/golang/protobuf/proto

codec/grpc/grpc_codec.go

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ package grpc
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto" //nolint
 )
 
 // Name is the name registered for the proto compressor.
@@ -16,6 +14,10 @@ type vtprotoMessage interface {
 	UnmarshalVT([]byte) error
 }
 
+type reseter interface{
+	Reset()
+}
+
 func (Codec) Marshal(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	vt, ok := v.(vtprotoMessage)
 	if !ok {
@@ -29,9 +31,10 @@ func (Codec) Unmarshal(data []byte, v interface{}) error {
 	if !ok {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal, message is %T (missing vtprotobuf helpers)", v)
 	}
-	vv, ok := v.(proto.Message)
+	//All types that implement github.com/golang/protobuf/proto.Message have a Reset method
+	vv, ok := v.(reseter)
 	if !ok {
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal, message is %T (can't reset)", vv)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal: can't reset. Message type %T don't implement Reset()", vv)
 	}
 	vv.Reset()
 	return vt.UnmarshalVT(data)

go.mod

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ module github.com/planetscale/vtprotobuf
 go 1.20
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.58.2
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect