diff --git a/hack/gogenerate/protoc.sh b/hack/gogenerate/protoc.sh
index d9c5bd36400..d7c68adbdb3 100755
--- a/hack/gogenerate/protoc.sh
+++ b/hack/gogenerate/protoc.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ protoc --go_out=. --go_opt=paths=source_relative --go-grpc_out=. --go-grpc_opt=p
 # +// - protoc version [omitted for reproducibility]
 #
 # perl is used because `sed -i` is not portable across BSD (macOS) and GNU.
-perl -pi -E 's@(^//.*)protoc[[:blank:]]+v[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+@\1protoc version [omitted for reproducibility]@g' "$PB_GO" "$GRPC_PB_GO"
+perl -pi -E 's@(^//.*protoc.*)[[:blank:]]+v[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+@\1 [version omitted for reproducibility]@g' "$PB_GO" "$GRPC_PB_GO"
diff --git a/pkg/driver/external/driver.pb.go b/pkg/driver/external/driver.pb.go
index 99026734797..60dc80ad3b7 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/external/driver.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/external/driver.pb.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.36.8
-// 	protoc version [omitted for reproducibility]
+// 	protoc-gen-go [version omitted for reproducibility]
+// 	protoc        [version omitted for reproducibility]
 // source: driver.proto
 
 package external
diff --git a/pkg/driver/external/driver_grpc.pb.go b/pkg/driver/external/driver_grpc.pb.go
index cc6e2b515fa..01b2a0f1005 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/external/driver_grpc.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/external/driver_grpc.pb.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go-grpc. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// - protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1
-// - protoc version [omitted for reproducibility]
+// - protoc-gen-go-grpc [version omitted for reproducibility]
+// - protoc             [version omitted for reproducibility]
 // source: driver.proto
 
 package external
diff --git a/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice.pb.go b/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice.pb.go
index b17b7156c47..ced2552bf3d 100644
--- a/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice.pb.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// 	protoc-gen-go v1.36.8
-// 	protoc version [omitted for reproducibility]
+// 	protoc-gen-go [version omitted for reproducibility]
+// 	protoc        [version omitted for reproducibility]
 // source: guestservice.proto
 
 package api
diff --git a/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice_grpc.pb.go b/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice_grpc.pb.go
index 65c6086cb3a..bcceba25b6f 100644
--- a/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice_grpc.pb.go
+++ b/pkg/guestagent/api/guestservice_grpc.pb.go
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Code generated by protoc-gen-go-grpc. DO NOT EDIT.
 // versions:
-// - protoc-gen-go-grpc v1.5.1
-// - protoc version [omitted for reproducibility]
+// - protoc-gen-go-grpc [version omitted for reproducibility]
+// - protoc             [version omitted for reproducibility]
 // source: guestservice.proto
 
 package api