diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2cefe707b21..73e5e1d4ec1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0
 	github.com/go-sql-driver/mysql v1.7.1
 	github.com/golang/glog v1.2.4
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4 // indirect
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.4
 	github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510