diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 1fcee29f8..5b5272f90 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ bazel_dep(name = "grpc", version = "1.70.1", repo_name = "com_github_grpc_grpc")
 bazel_dep(name = "openconfig_gnmi", version = "0.14.1", repo_name = "com_github_openconfig_gnmi")
 bazel_dep(name = "p4runtime", version = "0.0.0", repo_name = "p4runtime_protos")
 bazel_dep(name = "platforms", version = "1.0.0")
-bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.3", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
+bazel_dep(name = "protobuf", version = "29.5", repo_name = "com_google_protobuf")
 bazel_dep(name = "re2", version = "2024-07-02.bcr.1")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_go", version = "0.57.0", repo_name = "io_bazel_rules_go")
 bazel_dep(name = "rules_pkg", version = "1.1.0")
diff --git a/MODULE.bazel.lock b/MODULE.bazel.lock
index 7e1d03bd1..74a96caee 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.0/MODULE.bazel": "319dc8bf4c679ff87e71b1ccfb5a6e90a6dbc4693501d471f48662ac46d04e4e",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.1/MODULE.bazel": "557c3457560ff49e122ed76c0bc3397a64af9574691cb8201b4e46d4ab2ecb95",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.3/MODULE.bazel": "77480eea5fb5541903e49683f24dc3e09f4a79e0eea247414887bb9fc0066e94",
-    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.3/source.json": "c460e6550ddd24996232c7542ebf201f73c4e01d2183a31a041035fb50f19681",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.5/MODULE.bazel": "934fdca93d491adcbbfaaa2f34ff3495e9f1be498e8abef90476e3d0e54c187d",
+    "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/29.5/source.json": "74849dd39650007aadf5511cc63f5a7949c4f064c71ff9a45ba1aa0add42367b",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/3.19.0/MODULE.bazel": "6b5fbb433f760a99a22b18b6850ed5784ef0e9928a72668b66e4d7ccd47db9b0",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/3.19.2/MODULE.bazel": "532ffe5f2186b69fdde039efe6df13ba726ff338c6bc82275ad433013fa10573",
     "https://bcr.bazel.build/modules/protobuf/3.19.6/MODULE.bazel": "9233edc5e1f2ee276a60de3eaa47ac4132302ef9643238f23128fea53ea12858",
diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index c10fa6c12..93f6a75b0 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "85803e01f347141e16a2f770213a496f808fff9f0138c7c0e0c9dfa708b0da92",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-29.3",
-    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v29.3.zip",
+    sha256 = "3d5f767680cfbff29b6f847a2c6f0f10c4dd2e93fb77e9c115d85b2a77a09b2d",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-29.5",
+    url = "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/refs/tags/v29.5.zip",
 )
 
 http_archive(