diff --git a/examples/golang/simple/go.mod b/examples/golang/simple/go.mod
index 39a1f6653b29..b6212c9d82a3 100644
--- a/examples/golang/simple/go.mod
+++ b/examples/golang/simple/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ go 1.18
 require (
 	github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20230310173818-32f1caf87195
 	github.com/envoyproxy/envoy v1.24.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/examples/golang/simple/go.sum b/examples/golang/simple/go.sum
index ab4004b7c937..fc4f1ca0b6ba 100644
--- a/examples/golang/simple/go.sum
+++ b/examples/golang/simple/go.sum
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ github.com/census-instrumentation/opencensus-proto v0.2.1/go.mod h1:f6KPmirojxKA
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20230310173818-32f1caf87195 h1:58f1tJ1ra+zFINPlwLWvQsR9CzAKt2e+EWV2yX9oXQ4=
 github.com/cncf/xds/go v0.0.0-20230310173818-32f1caf87195/go.mod h1:eXthEFrGJvWHgFFCl3hGmgk+/aYT6PnTQLykKQRLhEs=
-github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/contrib/golang/filters/http/source/go v0.0.0-20230324062628-466cf15f1790 h1:0gwaogAlbAdFSlmhaJ5wZTz7OyZ+FJ0jnU+C/eUKwNs=
-github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/contrib/golang/filters/http/source/go v0.0.0-20230324062628-466cf15f1790/go.mod h1:fhJpuCrm8CxKONqp/fBZM3IeMxnK2L9edMVb170sfzA=
 github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.0/go.mod h1:YTl/9mNaCwkRvm6d1a2C3ymFceY/DCBVvsKhRF0iEA4=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0 h1:EQciDnbrYxy13PgWoY8AqoxGiPrpgBZ1R8UNe3ddc+A=
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.23.0/go.mod h1:Y5yQAOtifL1yxbo5wqy6BxZv8vAUGQwXBOALyac
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1 h1:wdKvqQk7IttEw92GoRyKG2IDrUIpgpj6H6m81yfeMW0=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.25.1/go.mod h1:c3i+UQWmh7LiEpx4sFZnkU36qjEYZ0imhYfXVyQciAY=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp09yW+WbY/TyQbw=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 h1:kPPoIgf3TsEvrm0PFe15JQ+570QVxYzEvvHqChK+cng=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0 h1:Qo/qEd2RZPCf2nKuorzksSknv0d3ERwp1vFG38gSmH4=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=