diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e38658fbb..8bbb7bf06 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <kafka-clients.version>3.5.2</kafka-clients.version>
         <org.mapstruct.version>1.6.2</org.mapstruct.version>
         <org.projectlombok.version>1.18.34</org.projectlombok.version>
-        <protobuf-java.version>3.25.5</protobuf-java.version>
+        <protobuf-java.version>4.28.2</protobuf-java.version>
         <scala-lang.library.version>2.13.9</scala-lang.library.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.3</snakeyaml.version>
         <spring-boot.version>3.3.4</spring-boot.version>