diff --git a/statefun-shaded/statefun-protobuf-shaded/pom.xml b/statefun-shaded/statefun-protobuf-shaded/pom.xml
index d97dae2a7..46b6a680d 100644
--- a/statefun-shaded/statefun-protobuf-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/statefun-shaded/statefun-protobuf-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ under the License.
 
     <properties>
         <protobuf-sources.dir>${generated-sources.basedir}/shaded-protobuf-java/</protobuf-sources.dir>
-        <protobuf.version>3.7.1</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>