diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abca4c7e8b..1228a3d161 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
     <woodstox.version>6.4.0</woodstox.version>
     <snakeyaml.version>1.33</snakeyaml.version>
 
-    <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
 
     <parquet-avro.version>1.10.0</parquet-avro.version>
     <orc-core.version>1.5.8</orc-core.version>