diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a02e8e8..1002822 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dagger.version>2.23.2</dagger.version>
         <google.cloud.version>0.106.0-alpha</google.cloud.version>
         <grpc.version>1.24.0</grpc.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.10.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
         <netty.version>4.1.42.Final</netty.version>
         <apollo.version>1.14.0</apollo.version>
         <guava.version>28.1-jre</guava.version>