diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 01721c1d6714d..f308c2b24b841 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "home",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-named-pipe",
  "hyper-rustls 0.26.0",
  "hyper-util",
@@ -4385,9 +4385,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
-version = "1.2.0"
+version = "1.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "186548d73ac615b32a73aafe38fb4f56c0d340e110e5a200bcadbaf2e199263a"
+checksum = "50dfd22e0e76d0f662d429a5f80fcaf3855009297eab6a0a9f8543834744ba05"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.7.2",
  "futures-channel",
@@ -4411,7 +4411,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73b7d8abf35697b81a825e386fc151e0d503e8cb5fcb93cc8669c376dfd6f278"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
@@ -4478,7 +4478,7 @@ checksum = "a0bea761b46ae2b24eb4aef630d8d1c398157b6fc29e6350ecf090a0b70c952c"
 dependencies = [
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.1.0",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "log",
  "rustls 0.22.4",
@@ -4516,20 +4516,19 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ca38ef113da30126bbff9cd1705f9273e15d45498615d138b0c20279ac7a76aa"
+checksum = "41296eb09f183ac68eec06e03cdbea2e759633d4067b2f6552fc2e009bcad08b"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.7.2",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-util",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body 1.0.0",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "socket2 0.5.7",
  "tokio",
- "tower",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing 0.1.40",
 ]
@@ -4542,7 +4541,7 @@ checksum = "acf569d43fa9848e510358c07b80f4adf34084ddc28c6a4a651ee8474c070dcc"
 dependencies = [
  "hex",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "tokio",
@@ -7132,12 +7131,12 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.13.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e13db3d3fde688c61e2446b4d843bc27a7e8af269a69440c0308021dc92333cc"
+checksum = "7b0487d90e047de87f984913713b85c601c05609aad5b0df4b4573fbf69aa13f"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes 1.7.2",
- "prost-derive 0.13.1",
+ "prost-derive 0.13.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7211,9 +7210,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-derive"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.13.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "18bec9b0adc4eba778b33684b7ba3e7137789434769ee3ce3930463ef904cfca"
+checksum = "e9552f850d5f0964a4e4d0bf306459ac29323ddfbae05e35a7c0d35cb0803cc5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "itertools 0.13.0",
@@ -7224,14 +7223,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-reflect"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.14.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "55a6a9143ae25c25fa7b6a48d6cc08b10785372060009c25140a4e7c340e95af"
+checksum = "4b7535b02f0e5efe3e1dbfcb428be152226ed0c66cad9541f2274c8ba8d4cd40"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "once_cell",
- "prost 0.13.1",
- "prost-types 0.13.1",
+ "prost 0.13.3",
+ "prost-types 0.13.3",
  "serde",
  "serde-value",
 ]
@@ -7256,11 +7255,11 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prost-types"
-version = "0.13.1"
+version = "0.13.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cee5168b05f49d4b0ca581206eb14a7b22fafd963efe729ac48eb03266e25cc2"
+checksum = "4759aa0d3a6232fb8dbdb97b61de2c20047c68aca932c7ed76da9d788508d670"
 dependencies = [
- "prost 0.13.1",
+ "prost 0.13.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7836,7 +7835,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body 1.0.0",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-rustls 0.26.0",
  "hyper-util",
  "ipnet",
@@ -11002,7 +11001,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pest_derive",
  "prettydiff",
  "prettytable-rs",
- "prost 0.13.1",
+ "prost 0.13.3",
  "prost-reflect",
  "psl",
  "psl-types",
@@ -11639,7 +11638,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures 0.3.30",
  "http 1.1.0",
  "http-body-util",
- "hyper 1.2.0",
+ "hyper 1.4.1",
  "hyper-util",
  "log",
  "once_cell",
@@ -11706,9 +11705,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.8.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2a0956f1ba7c7909bfb66c2e9e4124ab6f6482560f6628b5aaeba39207c9aad9"
+checksum = "ced3678a2879b30306d323f4542626697a464a97c0a07c9aebf7ebca65cd4dde"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zstd"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c31345e5891dc..74588d8a06dcc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -142,7 +142,10 @@ metrics-util = { version = "0.16.3", default-features = false, features = ["regi
 pin-project = { version = "1.1.5", default-features = false }
 proptest = { version = "1.5" }
 proptest-derive = { version = "0.4.0" }
-prost-reflect = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
+prost = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+prost-build = { version = "0.12", default-features = false}
+prost-reflect = { version = "0.14", features = ["serde"], default-features = false }
+prost-types = { version = "0.12", default-features = false}
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", default-features = false, features = ["raw_value", "std"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.210", default-features = false, features = ["alloc", "derive", "rc"] }
 toml = { version = "0.8.19", default-features = false, features = ["display", "parse"] }
@@ -159,6 +162,7 @@ vrl.workspace = true
 proptest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 proptest-derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
+
 # Internal libs
 dnsmsg-parser = { path = "lib/dnsmsg-parser", optional = true }
 fakedata = { path = "lib/fakedata", optional = true }
@@ -238,9 +242,9 @@ rmp-serde = { version = "1.3.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 rmpv = { version = "1.3.0", default-features = false, features = ["with-serde"], optional = true }
 
 # Prost / Protocol Buffers
-prost = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+prost = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 prost-reflect = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-prost-types = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, optional = true }
+prost-types = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 # GCP
 goauth = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ windows-service = "0.7.0"
 nix = { version = "0.26.2", default-features = false, features = ["socket", "signal"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-prost-build = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, optional = true }
+prost-build = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 tonic-build = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 # update 'openssl_version' in website/config.toml whenever <major.minor> version changes
 openssl-src = { version = "300", default-features = false, features = ["force-engine", "legacy"] }
@@ -543,6 +547,7 @@ sources-logs = [
   "sources-vector",
 ]
 sources-metrics = [
+  "dep:prost",
   "sources-apache_metrics",
   "sources-aws_ecs_metrics",
   "sources-eventstoredb_metrics",
@@ -563,16 +568,16 @@ sources-aws_ecs_metrics = ["sources-utils-http-client"]
 sources-aws_kinesis_firehose = ["dep:base64", "dep:infer"]
 sources-aws_s3 = ["aws-core", "dep:aws-sdk-sqs", "dep:aws-sdk-s3", "dep:semver", "dep:async-compression", "sources-aws_sqs", "tokio-util/io"]
 sources-aws_sqs = ["aws-core", "dep:aws-sdk-sqs"]
-sources-datadog_agent = ["sources-utils-http-error", "protobuf-build"]
+sources-datadog_agent = ["sources-utils-http-error", "protobuf-build", "dep:prost"]
 sources-demo_logs = ["dep:fakedata"]
-sources-dnstap = ["sources-utils-net-tcp", "dep:base64", "dep:hickory-proto", "dep:dnsmsg-parser", "protobuf-build"]
+sources-dnstap = ["sources-utils-net-tcp", "dep:base64", "dep:hickory-proto", "dep:dnsmsg-parser", "protobuf-build", "dep:prost"]
 sources-docker_logs = ["docker"]
 sources-eventstoredb_metrics = []
 sources-exec = []
 sources-file = ["vector-lib/file-source"]
 sources-file-descriptor = ["tokio-util/io"]
 sources-fluent = ["dep:base64", "sources-utils-net-tcp", "tokio-util/net", "dep:rmpv", "dep:rmp-serde", "dep:serde_bytes"]
-sources-gcp_pubsub = ["gcp", "dep:h2", "dep:prost-types", "protobuf-build", "dep:tonic"]
+sources-gcp_pubsub = ["gcp", "dep:h2", "dep:prost", "dep:prost-types", "protobuf-build", "dep:tonic"]
 sources-heroku_logs = ["sources-utils-http", "sources-utils-http-query", "sources-http_server"]
 sources-host_metrics =  ["heim/cpu", "heim/host", "heim/memory", "heim/net"]
 sources-http_client = ["sources-utils-http-client"]
@@ -587,7 +592,7 @@ sources-logstash = ["sources-utils-net-tcp", "tokio-util/net"]
 sources-mongodb_metrics = ["dep:mongodb"]
 sources-nats = ["dep:async-nats", "dep:nkeys"]
 sources-nginx_metrics = ["dep:nom"]
-sources-opentelemetry = ["dep:hex", "vector-lib/opentelemetry", "dep:prost-types", "sources-http_server", "sources-utils-http", "sources-vector"]
+sources-opentelemetry = ["dep:hex", "vector-lib/opentelemetry", "dep:prost", "dep:prost-types", "sources-http_server", "sources-utils-http", "sources-vector"]
 sources-postgresql_metrics = ["dep:postgres-openssl", "dep:tokio-postgres"]
 sources-prometheus = ["sources-prometheus-scrape", "sources-prometheus-remote-write", "sources-prometheus-pushgateway"]
 sources-prometheus-scrape = ["sinks-prometheus", "sources-utils-http-client", "vector-lib/prometheus"]
@@ -612,7 +617,7 @@ sources-utils-net-tcp = ["listenfd", "dep:ipnet"]
 sources-utils-net-udp = ["listenfd"]
 sources-utils-net-unix = []
 
-sources-vector = ["dep:tonic", "protobuf-build"]
+sources-vector = [ "dep:prost", "dep:tonic", "protobuf-build"]
 
 # Transforms
 transforms = ["transforms-logs", "transforms-metrics"]
@@ -745,8 +750,8 @@ sinks-console = []
 sinks-databend = ["dep:databend-client"]
 sinks-datadog_events = []
 sinks-datadog_logs = []
-sinks-datadog_metrics = ["protobuf-build", "dep:prost-reflect"]
-sinks-datadog_traces = ["protobuf-build", "dep:rmpv", "dep:rmp-serde", "dep:serde_bytes"]
+sinks-datadog_metrics = ["protobuf-build", "dep:prost", "dep:prost-reflect"]
+sinks-datadog_traces = ["protobuf-build", "dep:prost", "dep:rmpv", "dep:rmp-serde", "dep:serde_bytes"]
 sinks-elasticsearch = ["transforms-metric_to_log"]
 sinks-file = ["dep:async-compression"]
 sinks-gcp = ["sinks-gcp-chronicle", "dep:base64", "gcp"]
@@ -765,7 +770,7 @@ sinks-nats = ["dep:async-nats", "dep:nkeys"]
 sinks-new_relic_logs = ["sinks-http"]
 sinks-new_relic = []
 sinks-papertrail = ["dep:syslog"]
-sinks-prometheus = ["dep:base64", "vector-lib/prometheus"]
+sinks-prometheus = ["dep:base64", "dep:prost", "vector-lib/prometheus"]
 sinks-pulsar = ["dep:apache-avro", "dep:pulsar", "dep:lru"]
 sinks-redis = ["dep:redis"]
 sinks-sematext = ["sinks-elasticsearch", "sinks-influxdb"]
@@ -773,7 +778,7 @@ sinks-socket = ["sinks-utils-udp"]
 sinks-splunk_hec = []
 sinks-statsd = ["sinks-utils-udp", "tokio-util/net"]
 sinks-utils-udp = []
-sinks-vector = ["sinks-utils-udp", "dep:tonic", "protobuf-build"]
+sinks-vector = ["sinks-utils-udp", "dep:tonic", "protobuf-build", "dep:prost"]
 sinks-websocket = ["dep:tokio-tungstenite"]
 sinks-webhdfs = ["dep:opendal"]
 
@@ -856,7 +861,7 @@ clickhouse-integration-tests = ["sinks-clickhouse"]
 databend-integration-tests = ["sinks-databend"]
 datadog-agent-integration-tests = ["sources-datadog_agent"]
 datadog-logs-integration-tests = ["sinks-datadog_logs"]
-datadog-metrics-integration-tests = ["sinks-datadog_metrics"]
+datadog-metrics-integration-tests = ["sinks-datadog_metrics", "dep:prost"]
 datadog-traces-integration-tests = ["sources-datadog_agent", "sinks-datadog_traces", "axum/tokio"]
 docker-logs-integration-tests = ["sources-docker_logs", "unix"]
 es-integration-tests = ["sinks-elasticsearch", "aws-core"]
@@ -876,7 +881,7 @@ mongodb_metrics-integration-tests = ["sources-mongodb_metrics"]
 mqtt-integration-tests = ["sinks-mqtt"]
 nats-integration-tests = ["sinks-nats", "sources-nats"]
 nginx-integration-tests = ["sources-nginx_metrics"]
-opentelemetry-integration-tests = ["sources-opentelemetry"]
+opentelemetry-integration-tests = ["sources-opentelemetry", "dep:prost"]
 postgresql_metrics-integration-tests = ["sources-postgresql_metrics"]
 prometheus-integration-tests = ["sinks-prometheus", "sources-prometheus", "sinks-influxdb"]
 pulsar-integration-tests = ["sinks-pulsar", "sources-pulsar"]
diff --git a/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml b/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml
index 571ba07dcbb5e..c1e5a5c3fc63d 100644
--- a/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/codecs/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ lookup = { package = "vector-lookup", path = "../vector-lookup", default-feature
 memchr = { version = "2", default-features = false }
 once_cell = { version = "1.19", default-features = false }
 ordered-float = { version = "4.3.0", default-features = false }
-prost = { version = "0.12.6", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-prost-reflect = { workspace = true, features = ["serde"] }
+prost.workspace = true
+prost-reflect.workspace = true
 regex = { version = "1.11.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "perf"] }
 serde.workspace = true
 serde_json.workspace = true
diff --git a/lib/loki-logproto/Cargo.toml b/lib/loki-logproto/Cargo.toml
index 3d0c703b712b5..5ed1a66d0d08a 100644
--- a/lib/loki-logproto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/loki-logproto/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ publish = false
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-prost = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
-prost-types = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+prost.workspace = true
+prost-types.workspace = true
 bytes = { version = "1.7.2", default-features = false }
 snap = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false }
 
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ snap = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false }
 chrono.workspace = true
 
 [build-dependencies]
-prost-build = { version = "0.12" }
+prost-build .workspace = true
diff --git a/lib/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml b/lib/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml
index ba601adbe4047..5918138147a3c 100644
--- a/lib/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/opentelemetry-proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 publish = false
 
 [build-dependencies]
-prost-build = { version = "0.12", default-features = false}
+prost-build.workspace = true
 tonic-build.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ chrono.workspace = true
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 lookup = { package = "vector-lookup", path = "../vector-lookup", default-features = false }
 ordered-float = { version = "4.3.0", default-features = false }
-prost = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+prost .workspace = true
 tonic.workspace = true
 vrl.workspace = true
 vector-core = { path = "../vector-core", default-features = false }
diff --git a/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml b/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml
index d9041f560d349..4ae8eeafd09fb 100644
--- a/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/prometheus-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ license = "MPL-2.0"
 indexmap.workspace = true
 nom = "7.1.3"
 num_enum = "0.7.3"
-prost = "0.12"
-prost-types = "0.12"
+prost.workspace = true
+prost-types.workspace = true
 snafu = { version = "0.7" }
 vector-common = { path = "../vector-common", features = ["btreemap"] }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-prost-build = "0.12"
+prost-build.workspace = true
diff --git a/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml b/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
index b1232c6028099..9e4b173df945d 100644
--- a/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/vector-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ openssl = { version = "0.10.66", default-features = false, features = ["vendored
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false }
 pin-project.workspace = true
 proptest = { version = "1.5", optional = true }
-prost-types = { version = "0.12", default-features = false }
-prost = { version = "0.12", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
+prost-types.workspace = true
+prost .workspace = true
 quanta = { version = "0.12.3", default-features = false }
 regex = { version = "1.11.0", default-features = false, features = ["std", "perf"] }
 ryu = { version = "1", default-features = false }
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ security-framework = "2.10.0"
 schannel = "0.1.24"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-prost-build = "0.12"
+prost-build.workspace = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 base64 = "0.22.1"