diff --git a/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml b/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml
index e1fbeaf0..38097406 100644
--- a/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/kafka-integration/api/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>