diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 5e0192b..49626c5 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v3 v3.1.1
-	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.4.0
 	github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0
 	github.com/opencord/voltha-lib-go/v7 v7.8.4
@@ -39,6 +38,7 @@
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.4.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logr/stdr v1.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.11.5 // indirect
+	github.com/gogo/protobuf v1.3.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-jwt/jwt/v5 v5.2.2 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect