diff --git a/test/src/scala/pom.xml b/test/src/scala/pom.xml
index c162e1b..37595a2 100644
--- a/test/src/scala/pom.xml
+++ b/test/src/scala/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>2.4.1</version>
+      <version>3.16.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>