diff --git a/hack/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile b/hack/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile
index 2de9831fef533..d573da7a8ad23 100644
--- a/hack/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile
+++ b/hack/dockerfiles/lint.Dockerfile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.23
 ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.20
 ARG XX_VERSION=1.4.0
-ARG PROTOLINT_VERSION=0.45.0
+ARG PROTOLINT_VERSION=0.50.5
 ARG GOLANGCI_LINT_VERSION=1.61.0
 ARG GOPLS_VERSION=v0.26.0
 # GOPLS_ANALYZERS defines gopls analyzers to be run. disabled by default: deprecated unusedvariable simplifyrange
diff --git a/hack/vstest.sh b/hack/vstest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..9593f4f231dd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/vstest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env zsh
+
+env
+echo "args > $# $0 -- $@"
\ No newline at end of file