diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
index 4ea02a649..9e1034780 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
         <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
-        <protobuf.version>4.31.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>4.31.1</protobuf.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
index 8cdee8b5d..454c07686 100644
--- a/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/powertools-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <properties>
         <kafka-clients.version>4.0.0</kafka-clients.version>
         <avro.version>1.12.0</avro.version>
-        <protobuf.version>4.31.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>4.31.1</protobuf.version>
         <lambda-serialization.version>1.1.6</lambda-serialization.version>
     </properties>