diff --git a/x/tx/go.mod b/x/tx/go.mod
index 957e667015b0..722ed6a60f4b 100644
--- a/x/tx/go.mod
+++ b/x/tx/go.mod
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
 	github.com/tendermint/go-amino v0.16.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
 	pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0
 )
diff --git a/x/tx/go.sum b/x/tx/go.sum
index ae0bb9761dc1..2fa8de30a8e2 100644
--- a/x/tx/go.sum
+++ b/x/tx/go.sum
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0 h1:Z5Iec2pjwb+LEOqzpB2MR12/eKFhDPhuqW91O+4bwUk=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.59.0/go.mod h1:aUPDwccQo6OTjy7Hct4AfBPD1GptF4fyUjIkQ9YtF98=
 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 v1.31.0 h1:g0LDEJHgrBl9N9r17Ru3sqWhkIx2NB67okBHPwC7hs8=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0 h1:uNO2rsAINq/JlFpSdYEKIZ0uKD/R9cpdv0T+yoGwGmI=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=