diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1c8d1c..1a70a8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.6.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>