diff --git a/x/ecocredit/go.mod b/x/ecocredit/go.mod
index f1d9ed7257..b89d1a223e 100644
--- a/x/ecocredit/go.mod
+++ b/x/ecocredit/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 require (
 	cosmossdk.io/errors v1.0.0
 	cosmossdk.io/math v1.2.0
+	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.3
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk v0.46.12
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/api v0.1.0
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/orm v1.0.0-alpha.12
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/thanhpk/randstr v1.0.6
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240102182953-50ed04b92917
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.61.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.32.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0
 	gotest.tools/v3 v3.5.1
 	pgregory.net/rapid v1.1.0
 )
@@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db v0.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/confio/ics23/go v0.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/btcutil v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-proto v1.0.0-beta.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/errors v1.0.0-beta.5 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/go-bip39 v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cosmos/gorocksdb v1.2.0 // indirect
diff --git a/x/ecocredit/go.sum b/x/ecocredit/go.sum
index a2070b763d..af1ac9aab1 100644
--- a/x/ecocredit/go.sum
+++ b/x/ecocredit/go.sum
@@ -1775,8 +1775,8 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.26.0/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQ
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1/go.mod h1:9q0QmTI4eRPtz6boOQmLYwt+qCgq0jsYwAQnmE0givc=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
 google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.1/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=
+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/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=