diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e903621..49dfafd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
         <!-- Dependencies -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.10.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <grpc.version>1.22.1</grpc.version>
         <guava.version>22.0</guava.version>
         <atomix.version>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</atomix.version>