diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index a3e56f2e..31736c2b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v4.12.0+incompatible
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.6.0
 	github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/google/gofuzz v1.2.0
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-lib-utils v0.12.0
 	github.com/kubernetes-csi/csi-test/v4 v4.0.2
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/swag v0.22.3 // indirect
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0 // indirect