diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e81607e6..49e56cbd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [v1.4.7](https://github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/releases/tag/v1.4.7) - 2023-03-30
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+- [#55](https://github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/pull/55) Get a file descriptor diff only when debug is enabled.
+
 ## [v1.4.6](https://github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/releases/tag/v1.4.6) - 2023-02-21
 
 ### Improvements
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 378f19c2..79b6501d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/cosmos/gogoproto
 go 1.19
 
 require (
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.53.0
@@ -10,9 +11,8 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.3 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.6.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.7.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f5194a1e..33208989 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 h1:O2Tfq5qg4qc4AmwVlvv0oLiVAGB7enBSJ2x2DqQFi38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201 h1:BEABXpNXLEz0WxtA+6CQIz2xkg80e+1zrhWyMcq8VzE=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230131160201-f062dba9d201/go.mod h1:CxIveKay+FTh1D0yPZemJVgC/95VzuuOLq5Qi4xnoYc=
-golang.org/x/net v0.6.0 h1:L4ZwwTvKW9gr0ZMS1yrHD9GZhIuVjOBBnaKH+SPQK0Q=
-golang.org/x/net v0.6.0/go.mod h1:2Tu9+aMcznHK/AK1HMvgo6xiTLG5rD5rZLDS+rp2Bjs=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0 h1:MUK/U/4lj1t1oPg0HfuXDN/Z1wv31ZJ/YcPiGccS4DU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/text v0.7.0 h1:4BRB4x83lYWy72KwLD/qYDuTu7q9PjSagHvijDw7cLo=
-golang.org/x/text v0.7.0/go.mod h1:mrYo+phRRbMaCq/xk9113O4dZlRixOauAjOtrjsXDZ8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.8.0 h1:Zrh2ngAOFYneWTAIAPethzeaQLuHwhuBkuV6ZiRnUaQ=
+golang.org/x/net v0.8.0/go.mod h1:QVkue5JL9kW//ek3r6jTKnTFis1tRmNAW2P1shuFdJc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0 h1:MVltZSvRTcU2ljQOhs94SXPftV6DCNnZViHeQps87pQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+golang.org/x/text v0.8.0 h1:57P1ETyNKtuIjB4SRd15iJxuhj8Gc416Y78H3qgMh68=
+golang.org/x/text v0.8.0/go.mod h1:e1OnstbJyHTd6l/uOt8jFFHp6TRDWZR/bV3emEE/zU8=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f h1:BWUVssLB0HVOSY78gIdvk1dTVYtT1y8SBWtPYuTJ/6w=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230110181048-76db0878b65f/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
diff --git a/proto/merge.go b/proto/merge.go
index feba7bdf..d67bf6a0 100644
--- a/proto/merge.go
+++ b/proto/merge.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func mergedFileDescriptors(debug bool) (*descriptorpb.FileDescriptorSet, error)
 			// If there's a mismatch, we log a warning. If there was no
 			// mismatch, then we do nothing, and take the protoregistry file
 			// descriptor as the correct one.
-			if !protov2.Equal(protodesc.ToFileDescriptorProto(protoregFd), fd) {
+			if debug && !protov2.Equal(protodesc.ToFileDescriptorProto(protoregFd), fd) {
 				diff := cmp.Diff(protodesc.ToFileDescriptorProto(protoregFd), fd, protocmp.Transform())
 				diffErr = append(diffErr, fmt.Sprintf("Mismatch in %s:\n%s", *fd.Name, diff))
 			}