diff --git a/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml b/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml
index f31b7459b..af0928476 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/protoc-dependabot-hack.yml
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ jobs:
 
       # update the version in these places manually when Dependabot proposes a change to it here:
       # 1. the version in main.yml used to install protoc
-      - uses: protocolbuffers/protobuf@v27.1
+      - uses: protocolbuffers/protobuf@v27.2