diff --git a/pkg/promlib/go.mod b/pkg/promlib/go.mod
index a945a0cc1a3..0074692f524 100644
--- a/pkg/promlib/go.mod
+++ b/pkg/promlib/go.mod
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.35.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.35.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.32.3
 )
 
@@ -124,7 +125,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20250324211829-b45e905df463 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20250324211829-b45e905df463 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.71.1 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.6 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/fsnotify/fsnotify.v1 v1.4.7 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect