diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bd08c858..a5f032d8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -116,3 +116,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/time v0.10.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.24.0 // indirect
 )
+
+// for https://github.com/golang/protobuf/issues/1704
+replace google.golang.org/protobuf => github.com/metacubex/protobuf-go v0.0.0-20260306035419-7ceee0674686
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d838ca96..e9c0eeff 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ github.com/metacubex/mlkem v0.1.0 h1:wFClitonSFcmipzzQvax75beLQU+D7JuC+VK1RzSL8I
 github.com/metacubex/mlkem v0.1.0/go.mod h1:amhaXZVeYNShuy9BILcR7P0gbeo/QLZsnqCdL8U2PDQ=
 github.com/metacubex/nftables v0.0.0-20250503052935-30a69ab87793 h1:1Qpuy+sU3DmyX9HwI+CrBT/oLNJngvBorR2RbajJcqo=
 github.com/metacubex/nftables v0.0.0-20250503052935-30a69ab87793/go.mod h1:RjRNb4G52yAgfR+Oe/kp9G4PJJ97Fnj89eY1BFO3YyA=
+github.com/metacubex/protobuf-go v0.0.0-20260306035419-7ceee0674686 h1:PIXmYT2anQt9V8vdmwixtbIJxOpoPXJfIACHPjXEgnE=
+github.com/metacubex/protobuf-go v0.0.0-20260306035419-7ceee0674686/go.mod h1:eQV7juxFZIdRgjMxtVqP+6BssKoTZQ1RM0fc58BsCZY=
 github.com/metacubex/qpack v0.6.0 h1:YqClGIMOpiRYLjV1qOs483Od08MdPgRnHjt90FuaAKw=
 github.com/metacubex/qpack v0.6.0/go.mod h1:lKGSi7Xk94IMvHGOmxS9eIei3bvIqpOAImEBsaOwTkA=
 github.com/metacubex/quic-go v0.59.1-0.20260213014310-4df8f0de5b56 h1:7yfF31COW2hiCovb5+3uSxRl3UKWOXjpS0j4N5U0qZ8=
@@ -247,8 +249,6 @@ golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20200130002326-2f3ba24bd6e7/go.mod h1:TB2adYChydJhpapK
 golang.org/x/tools v0.24.0 h1:J1shsA93PJUEVaUSaay7UXAyE8aimq3GW0pjlolpa24=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.24.0/go.mod h1:YhNqVBIfWHdzvTLs0d8LCuMhkKUgSUKldakyV7W/WDQ=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191011141410-1b5146add898/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=