diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 7030f2f87620..f5d83ecc471a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fatih/color v1.18.0
 	github.com/firefart/nonamedreturns v1.0.5
 	github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0
-	github.com/ghostiam/protogetter v0.3.8
+	github.com/ghostiam/protogetter v0.3.9
 	github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.11.5
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1
 	github.com/go-xmlfmt/xmlfmt v1.1.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b0570ef00b60..45b4cf0b019f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4 h1:jRbGcIw6P2Meqdwuo0H1p6JVLbL5DHKAKlYndzMwV
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.4/go.mod h1:OVB6XrOHzAwXMpEM7uPOzcehqUV2UqJxmVXmkdnm1bU=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0 h1:lsblElZG7d3ALtGMx9fmxeTKZaLLpU8mET09yN4BBLo=
 github.com/fzipp/gocyclo v0.6.0/go.mod h1:rXPyn8fnlpa0R2csP/31uerbiVBugk5whMdlyaLkLoA=
-github.com/ghostiam/protogetter v0.3.8 h1:LYcXbYvybUyTIxN2Mj9h6rHrDZBDwZloPoKctWrFyJY=
-github.com/ghostiam/protogetter v0.3.8/go.mod h1:WZ0nw9pfzsgxuRsPOFQomgDVSWtDLJRfQJEhsGbmQMA=
+github.com/ghostiam/protogetter v0.3.9 h1:j+zlLLWzqLay22Cz/aYwTHKQ88GE2DQ6GkWSYFOI4lQ=
+github.com/ghostiam/protogetter v0.3.9/go.mod h1:WZ0nw9pfzsgxuRsPOFQomgDVSWtDLJRfQJEhsGbmQMA=
 github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.11.5 h1:TkDTOn5v7EEngMxu8KbuFqFR43USaaH8XRJLz1jhVYA=
 github.com/go-critic/go-critic v0.11.5/go.mod h1:wu6U7ny9PiaHaZHcvMDmdysMqvDem162Rh3zWTrqk8M=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
diff --git a/pkg/golinters/protogetter/protogetter.go b/pkg/golinters/protogetter/protogetter.go
index 6c65f86bcfff..423e4ca9ef7b 100644
--- a/pkg/golinters/protogetter/protogetter.go
+++ b/pkg/golinters/protogetter/protogetter.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ func New(settings *config.ProtoGetterSettings) *goanalysis.Linter {
 		}
 	}
 
-	cfg.Mode = protogetter.StandaloneMode
-
 	a := protogetter.NewAnalyzer(&cfg)
 
 	return goanalysis.NewLinter(