diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7dc4b04..a313370 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
                 <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.16.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>