diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c220e55c..f3e81083 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <snakeyaml.version>1.27</snakeyaml.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
     <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.13.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.21.12</protobuf.version>
     <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     <bucket4j.version>4.10.0</bucket4j.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.66</bouncycastle.version>