diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d58dbb819..b1ef3ccdf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <powermock.version>1.6.0</powermock.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.encoding>UTF-8</project.encoding>
-        <protobuf.version>3.5.1</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <protostuff.version>1.6.0</protostuff.version>
         <rocksdb.version>8.8.1</rocksdb.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>