diff --git a/backend/go.mod b/backend/go.mod
index 7e955ff65..92a0893ae 100644
--- a/backend/go.mod
+++ b/backend/go.mod
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.6.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.0 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/square/go-jose.v2 v2.6.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
diff --git a/backend/go.sum b/backend/go.sum
index d0b0aebd5..1ca2f2649 100644
--- a/backend/go.sum
+++ b/backend/go.sum
@@ -1557,8 +1557,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.25.0/go.mod h1:9JNX74DMeImyA3h4bdi1ymwjUzf21/xIlba
 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 v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.0 h1:44S3JjaKmLEE4YIkjzexaP+NzZsudE3Zin5Njn/pYX0=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.29.0/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=
 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=