diff --git a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod
index c9e34bad..a6c1c77f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod
+++ b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/vhive-serverless/vSwarm/tools/benchmarking_eventing v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.31.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum
index bf6ea107..d49399ab 100644
--- a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum
+++ b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.0 h1:6FQAR0kM31P6MRdeluor2w2gPaS4SVNrD/DNTxrQ15k=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.60.0/go.mod h1:OlCHIeLYqSSsLi6i49B5QGdzaMZK9+M7LXN2FKz4eGM=
 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 v1.32.0 h1:pPC6BG5ex8PDFnkbrGU3EixyhKcQ2aDuBS36lqK/C7I=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=