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From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 07:52:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] build(deps): bump com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java

Bumps [com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf) from 4.31.0 to 4.31.1.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases)
- [Changelog](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/main/protobuf_release.bzl)
- [Commits](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/compare/v4.31.0...v4.31.1)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java
  dependency-version: 4.31.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 examples/powertools-examples-kafka/pom.xml | 2 +-
 powertools-kafka/pom.xml                   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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>