diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bacf4dde47..28516ff457 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.1</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>