diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 174382be4..0fca35b78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
                 <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-                <version>3.4.0</version>
+                <version>3.16.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>