diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 04920f6fbc3..b40716614f2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0
 	github.com/golang/glog v1.1.0
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0
 	golang.org/x/oauth2 v0.11.0
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.14.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.11.0 // indirect
diff --git a/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/BUILD.bazel b/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/BUILD.bazel
index 30b2f4e9549..6af63ffc8af 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/BUILD.bazel
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ go_library(
         "//internal/descriptor",
         "//internal/generator",
         "//protoc-gen-openapiv2/options",
-        "@com_github_golang_protobuf//descriptor:go_default_library_gen",
-        "@com_github_golang_protobuf//ptypes/any",
         "@in_gopkg_yaml_v3//:yaml_v3",
         "@org_golang_google_genproto_googleapis_api//annotations",
         "@org_golang_google_genproto_googleapis_api//visibility",
@@ -29,7 +27,9 @@ go_library(
         "@org_golang_google_grpc//grpclog",
         "@org_golang_google_protobuf//encoding/protojson",
         "@org_golang_google_protobuf//proto",
+        "@org_golang_google_protobuf//reflect/protodesc",
         "@org_golang_google_protobuf//types/descriptorpb",
+        "@org_golang_google_protobuf//types/known/anypb",
         "@org_golang_google_protobuf//types/known/structpb",
         "@org_golang_google_protobuf//types/pluginpb",
         "@org_golang_x_text//cases",
diff --git a/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/generator.go b/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/generator.go
index b2ed7bd34c0..3848be8c9d2 100644
--- a/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/generator.go
+++ b/protoc-gen-openapiv2/internal/genopenapi/generator.go
@@ -9,18 +9,16 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
-	anypb "github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any"
 	"github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/internal/descriptor"
 	gen "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/internal/generator"
-	openapi_options "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/protoc-gen-openapiv2/options"
+	openapioptions "github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway/v2/protoc-gen-openapiv2/options"
 	statuspb "google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/rpc/status"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/grpclog"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/reflect/protodesc"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/descriptorpb"
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/anypb"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/pluginpb"
-
-	//nolint:staticcheck // Known issue, will be replaced when possible
-	legacydescriptor "github.com/golang/protobuf/descriptor"
 )
 
 var errNoTargetService = errors.New("no target service defined in the file")
@@ -300,7 +298,7 @@ func (g *generator) Generate(targets []*descriptor.File) ([]*descriptor.Response
 		var mergedTarget *descriptor.File
 		// try to find proto leader
 		for _, f := range targets {
-			if proto.HasExtension(f.Options, openapi_options.E_Openapiv2Swagger) {
+			if proto.HasExtension(f.Options, openapioptions.E_Openapiv2Swagger) {
 				mergedTarget = f
 				break
 			}
@@ -370,13 +368,8 @@ func (g *generator) Generate(targets []*descriptor.File) ([]*descriptor.Response
 // to registry (used for error-related API responses)
 func AddErrorDefs(reg *descriptor.Registry) error {
 	// load internal protos
-	any, _ := legacydescriptor.MessageDescriptorProto(&anypb.Any{})
-	any.SourceCodeInfo = new(descriptorpb.SourceCodeInfo)
-	status, _ := legacydescriptor.MessageDescriptorProto(&statuspb.Status{})
-	status.SourceCodeInfo = new(descriptorpb.SourceCodeInfo)
-	// TODO(johanbrandhorst): Use new conversion later when possible
-	// any := protodesc.ToFileDescriptorProto((&anypb.Any{}).ProtoReflect().Descriptor().ParentFile())
-	// status := protodesc.ToFileDescriptorProto((&statuspb.Status{}).ProtoReflect().Descriptor().ParentFile())
+	any := protodesc.ToFileDescriptorProto((&anypb.Any{}).ProtoReflect().Descriptor().ParentFile())
+	status := protodesc.ToFileDescriptorProto((&statuspb.Status{}).ProtoReflect().Descriptor().ParentFile())
 	return reg.Load(&pluginpb.CodeGeneratorRequest{
 		ProtoFile: []*descriptorpb.FileDescriptorProto{
 			any,