diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index e4de0fa6c17e..3b69c6de13fc 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ module github.com/hashicorp/consul/api
 
 go 1.19
 
-replace (
-	github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public => ../proto-public
-	github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk => ../sdk
-)
+//github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public => ../proto-public
+replace github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk => ../sdk
 
 retract (
 	v1.28.0 // tag was mutated
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ retract (
 
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
-	github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public v0.6.2
+	github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public v0.5.4-rc1
 	github.com/hashicorp/consul/sdk v0.16.1
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.2
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog v1.5.0
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index a11d68700484..915318384870 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/google/gofuzz v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dBl0BpW6vV/+mYPU4Po3pmUjxk6FQPldtuIdl/M65Eg=
+github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public v0.5.4-rc1 h1:psIJ9DgJw5QbRsh6RGYYr3Viw+r+up9PE7Z6mAZsAEQ=
+github.com/hashicorp/consul/proto-public v0.5.4-rc1/go.mod h1:a1pOtKbQ2+iRnMlEA2bywlEZ0nbCQ2pS7GDQN6pqLwU=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0 h1:OxrOeh75EUXMY8TBjag2fzXGZ40LB6IKw45YeGUDY2I=
 github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=