diff --git a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod
index ba1975e9..9c393f02 100644
--- a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod
+++ b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.mod
@@ -9,11 +9,10 @@ require (
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
 	github.com/vhive-serverless/vSwarm/tools/benchmarking_eventing v0.0.0-20240422181019-5b1711d87c5d
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.20 // indirect
 	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
@@ -25,5 +24,6 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/net v0.27.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.16.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.0.0-20220210224613-90d013bbcef8 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240725223205-93522f1f2a9f // indirect
 )
diff --git a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum
index 408269ee..d1fd7b09 100644
--- a/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum
+++ b/benchmarks/chained-function-eventing/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.15.2 h1:54+I5xQEnI73RBhWHxbI1XJcqOFOVJN85vb41+8mHUc=
 github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/v2 v2.15.2/go.mod h1:lL7kSWAE/V8VI4Wh0jbL2v/jvqsm6tjmaQBSvxcv4uE=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.20 h1:Sl6jQYk3TRavaU83h66QMbI2Nqg9Jm6qzwX57Vsn1SQ=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.20/go.mod h1:52GsS5CwquuqPuLncsXwG0t2CiUce+KsNHJZQJvAgR0=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
 github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
@@ -51,8 +49,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240725223205-93522f1f2a9f h1:
 google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc v0.0.0-20240725223205-93522f1f2a9f/go.mod h1:Ue6ibwXGpU+dqIcODieyLOcgj7z8+IcskoNIgZxtrFY=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0 h1:bs/cUb4lp1G5iImFFd3u5ixQzweKizoZJAwBNLR42lc=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.65.0/go.mod h1:WgYC2ypjlB0EiQi6wdKixMqukr6lBc0Vo+oOgjrM5ZQ=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2 h1:6xV6lTsCfpGD21XK49h7MhtcApnLqkfYgPcdHftf6hg=
-google.golang.org/protobuf v1.34.2/go.mod h1:qYOHts0dSfpeUzUFpOMr/WGzszTmLH+DiWniOlNbLDw=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2 h1:8Ar7bF+apOIoThw1EdZl0p1oWvMqTHmpA2fRTyZO8io=
+google.golang.org/protobuf v1.35.2/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=