diff --git a/link/go.mod b/link/go.mod
index df10460d3..bc1681153 100644
--- a/link/go.mod
+++ b/link/go.mod
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.15.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.47.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20260414002931-afd174a4e478 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	lukechampine.com/blake3 v1.4.1 // indirect
 	modernc.org/libc v1.73.4 // indirect
diff --git a/link/go.sum b/link/go.sum
index b4de85a89..1db7e55c0 100644
--- a/link/go.sum
+++ b/link/go.sum
@@ -1492,8 +1492,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0-rc.1/go.mod h1:jlhhOSvTdKEhbULTjvd4ARK9grFBp0
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af h1:+5/Sw3GsDNlEmu7TfklWKPdQ0Ykja5VEmq2i817+jbI=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12-0.20260120151049-f2248ac996af/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12 h1:pJOKDDOyeXErUroCihFAd5LQuwXBSpVnKGrj5o/fwxc=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.12/go.mod h1:HTf+CrKn2C3g5S8VImy6tdcUvCska2kB7j23XfzDpco=
 gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:FMv+mEhP44yOT+4EoQTLFTRgOQ1FBLkstjWtayDeSgw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=