diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ec4e5501..7eebb480 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <confluent.version>7.0.1</confluent.version>
         <mavan.findbugsplugin.exclude.file>findbugs-exclude.xml</mavan.findbugsplugin.exclude.file>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <protobuf.version>3.17.3</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <codehaus.version>1.9.10</codehaus.version>
         <fasterxml.version>2.13.3</fasterxml.version>
     </properties>