diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e74a717c..d954dac2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Note: In this file, do not use the hard wrap in the middle of a sentence for com
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+- Update `protoc@latest` to 3.28.1.
+
 ## [2.43.3] - 2024-09-11
 
 - Update `syft@latest` to 1.12.2.
diff --git a/manifests/protoc.json b/manifests/protoc.json
index 4d29dc8c..5d9bf775 100644
--- a/manifests/protoc.json
+++ b/manifests/protoc.json
@@ -3,13 +3,40 @@
   "template": null,
   "license_markdown": "[BSD-3-Clause](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/HEAD/LICENSE)",
   "latest": {
-    "version": "3.28.0"
+    "version": "3.28.1"
   },
   "3": {
-    "version": "3.28.0"
+    "version": "3.28.1"
   },
   "3.28": {
-    "version": "3.28.0"
+    "version": "3.28.1"
+  },
+  "3.28.1": {
+    "x86_64_linux_gnu": {
+      "url": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v28.1/protoc-28.1-linux-x86_64.zip",
+      "etag": "0x8DCD285A6AB0E77",
+      "checksum": "58b1e2e45889187c22598bf5d9944d7c4f5f68407906f26cc4831911ae8ada53"
+    },
+    "x86_64_macos": {
+      "url": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v28.1/protoc-28.1-osx-x86_64.zip",
+      "etag": "0x8DCD285A6E6751B",
+      "checksum": "f682d70c8382ddb0ad6b996a32db12eff098a2abd6b2db2caa9336d9c8069d54"
+    },
+    "x86_64_windows": {
+      "url": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v28.1/protoc-28.1-win64.zip",
+      "etag": "0x8DCD285A725F5DF",
+      "checksum": "8ab709113bf3156e789d45e99401924ca5305267ad3fd9001727d945797e6748"
+    },
+    "aarch64_linux_gnu": {
+      "url": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v28.1/protoc-28.1-linux-aarch_64.zip",
+      "etag": "0x8DCD285A655D422",
+      "checksum": "28c90edca27437bd892009a586ddc28a040e51f2c01bec29d22bede5d14a9e10"
+    },
+    "aarch64_macos": {
+      "url": "https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v28.1/protoc-28.1-osx-aarch_64.zip",
+      "etag": "0x8DCD285A6C5A477",
+      "checksum": "1395bca972572ec2ce25bb773720ebf9bfd380159e8c71d987058e36ae6b000b"
+    }
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