diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e579d7e245b..8cd88b27b1a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.1</version>
+            <version>3.16.3</version>
             <type>jar</type>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>