diff --git a/plugins/WORKSPACE b/plugins/WORKSPACE
index 1067de49..f1d01f30 100644
--- a/plugins/WORKSPACE
+++ b/plugins/WORKSPACE
@@ -119,9 +119,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 # --- PLUGIN DEPENDENCIES ---
 
-PROXY_WASM_CPP_HOST_COMMIT = "3212034ee6e75d54cbf91b65cc659772166442f4"  # 2024-09-29
+PROXY_WASM_CPP_HOST_COMMIT = "c4d7bb0fda912e24c64daf2aa749ec54cec99412"  # 2024-12-19
 
-PROXY_WASM_CPP_HOST_SHA256 = "2633ec772da7b0e51500328989a99a02570dbfdfe5ff74cbf83fa2d39b6e8cea"
+PROXY_WASM_CPP_HOST_SHA256 = "3ea005e85d2b37685149c794c6876fd6de7f632f0ad49dc2b3cd580e7e7a5525"
 
 http_archive(
     name = "proxy_wasm_cpp_host",
diff --git a/plugins/test/framework.h b/plugins/test/framework.h
index 999e6658..09bed483 100644
--- a/plugins/test/framework.h
+++ b/plugins/test/framework.h
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ namespace service_extensions_samples {
 struct ContextOptions {
   // Wasm logging output file.
   std::ofstream log_file;
-  // Static time returned to wasm.
-  absl::Time clock_time = absl::UnixEpoch();
+  // Static time returned to wasm. Must be non-zero for Go plugin
+  // initialization.
+  absl::Time clock_time = absl::UnixEpoch() + absl::Milliseconds(1);
 };
 
 // Buffer class to handle copying to and from an individual BODY chunk.