diff --git a/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md
index 66fce5b35ce..f14e653e79f 100644
--- a/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-firestore/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Unreleased
+* [changed] Updated `protolite-well-known-types` dependency to `18.0.1`. [#6716]
 
 
 # 25.1.2
diff --git a/firebase-inappmessaging-display/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-inappmessaging-display/CHANGELOG.md
index 15bd2abe75a..a9b37cf7f10 100644
--- a/firebase-inappmessaging-display/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-inappmessaging-display/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Unreleased
+* [changed] Updated `protolite-well-known-types` dependency to `18.0.1`. [#6716]
 
 
 # 21.0.1
diff --git a/firebase-inappmessaging/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-inappmessaging/CHANGELOG.md
index 90b3e93ccae..1252d73f787 100644
--- a/firebase-inappmessaging/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-inappmessaging/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Unreleased
+* [changed] Updated `protolite-well-known-types` dependency to `18.0.1`. [#6716]
 
 
 # 21.0.1
diff --git a/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md b/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md
index 2112244a524..58bdd0f1d29 100644
--- a/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/firebase-perf/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Unreleased
+* [changed] Updated `protolite-well-known-types` dependency to `18.0.1`. [#6716]
 
 
 # 21.0.4
diff --git a/firebase-perf/firebase-perf.gradle b/firebase-perf/firebase-perf.gradle
index b6028e75b61..c0fd6df6056 100644
--- a/firebase-perf/firebase-perf.gradle
+++ b/firebase-perf/firebase-perf.gradle
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.dagger.dagger
     api 'com.google.firebase:firebase-annotations:16.2.0'
     api 'com.google.firebase:firebase-installations-interop:17.1.0'
-    api 'com.google.firebase:protolite-well-known-types:18.0.0'
+    api project(":protolite-well-known-types")
     implementation libs.okhttp
     api("com.google.firebase:firebase-common:21.0.0")
     api("com.google.firebase:firebase-common-ktx:21.0.0")
diff --git a/protolite-well-known-types/CHANGELOG.md b/protolite-well-known-types/CHANGELOG.md
index f514bbb890e..9947693ea08 100644
--- a/protolite-well-known-types/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/protolite-well-known-types/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Unreleased
-
+* [changed] Updated protobuf dependency to `3.25.5` to fix [CVE-2024-7254](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-735f-pc8j-v9w8).
 
diff --git a/protolite-well-known-types/README.md b/protolite-well-known-types/README.md
index 30926d080d8..c2691086078 100644
--- a/protolite-well-known-types/README.md
+++ b/protolite-well-known-types/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation 'com.google.firebase:protolite-well-known-types:18.0.0'
+    implementation 'com.google.firebase:protolite-well-known-types:18.0.1'
     implementation "io.grpc:grpc-stub:$grpcVersion"
 
     // optionally override grpc's protobuf-lite runtime
diff --git a/protolite-well-known-types/gradle.properties b/protolite-well-known-types/gradle.properties
index a60ca35eca9..d7239d0c4fe 100644
--- a/protolite-well-known-types/gradle.properties
+++ b/protolite-well-known-types/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # IMPORTANT (b/285892320) Keep version and latestReleasedVersion in sync 
 # unless you are releasing a new version of the library to prevent issues 
 # with transitive dependencies.
-version=18.0.0
+version=18.0.1
 latestReleasedVersion=18.0.0
diff --git a/protolite-well-known-types/protolite-well-known-types.gradle b/protolite-well-known-types/protolite-well-known-types.gradle
index f5e5bdd8ff2..fe73979660b 100644
--- a/protolite-well-known-types/protolite-well-known-types.gradle
+++ b/protolite-well-known-types/protolite-well-known-types.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ firebaseLibrary {
 
 protobuf {
     protoc {
-        artifact = "com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.21.11"
+        artifact = libs.protoc.get().toString()
     }
     generateProtoTasks {
         all().each { task ->
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ protobuf {
         }
     }
 }
+
 android {
     namespace "firebase.com.protolitewrapper"
     compileSdkVersion project.compileSdkVersion
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ android {
 
 
 dependencies {
-    protobuf("com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos:1.18.0"){
+    protobuf(libs.proto.google.common.protos){
         exclude group: "com.google.protobuf", module: "protobuf-java"
     }
 
-    implementation "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-javalite:3.21.11"
+    implementation libs.protobuf.java.lite
 }