diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3755fbb3..0d6deccd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/argoproj/pkg v0.13.7-0.20230627120311-a4dd357b057e
 	github.com/cristalhq/jwt/v3 v3.1.0
 	github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.8.0
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-docs v0.19.4
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework v1.10.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework-validators v0.13.0
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.26.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1
 	k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver v0.24.17
 	k8s.io/apimachinery v0.24.17
 	k8s.io/client-go v0.24.17
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v4 v4.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
 	github.com/google/btree v1.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/gnostic v0.6.9 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 // indirect
@@ -252,7 +253,6 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/api v0.0.0-20240227224415-6ceb2ff114de // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240227224415-6ceb2ff114de // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.63.2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3 v3.0.0-20150716171945-2caba252f4dc // indirect
 	gopkg.in/gomail.v2 v2.0.0-20160411212932-81ebce5c23df // indirect
 	gopkg.in/inf.v0 v0.9.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 303bcc33..78f42725 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1499,8 +1499,8 @@ 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 v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqwMG9pJV4I=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0 h1:Qo/qEd2RZPCf2nKuorzksSknv0d3ERwp1vFG38gSmH4=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.0/go.mod h1:c6P6GXX6sHbq/GpV6MGZEdwhWPcYBgnhAHhKbcUYpos=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1 h1:m3LfL6/Ca+fqnjnlqQXNpFPABW1UD7mjh8KO2mKFytA=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3 v3.0.0-20150716171945-2caba252f4dc h1:2gGKlE2+asNV9m7xrywl36YYNnBG5ZQ0r/BOOxqPpmk=
 gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3 v3.0.0-20150716171945-2caba252f4dc/go.mod h1:m7x9LTH6d71AHyAX77c9yqWCCa3UKHcVEj9y7hAtKDk=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/internal/provider/server_interface.go b/internal/provider/server_interface.go
index 58bbf081..10affe4e 100644
--- a/internal/provider/server_interface.go
+++ b/internal/provider/server_interface.go
@@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/session"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/pkg/apiclient/version"
 	"github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/v2/util/io"
-	"github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/empty"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/diag"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-framework/types"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-log/tflog"
 	"github.com/oboukili/terraform-provider-argocd/internal/diagnostics"
 	"github.com/oboukili/terraform-provider-argocd/internal/features"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/emptypb"
 )
 
 var runtimeErrorHandlers []func(error)
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (si *ServerInterface) InitClients(ctx context.Context) diag.Diagnostics {
 	} else {
 		defer io.Close(acCloser)
 
-		serverVersionMessage, err := versionClient.Version(ctx, &empty.Empty{})
+		serverVersionMessage, err := versionClient.Version(ctx, &emptypb.Empty{})
 		if err != nil {
 			return diagnostics.Error("failed to read server version", err)
 		}