diff --git a/dependencies.properties b/dependencies.properties
index 4278229a95..2f19850041 100644
--- a/dependencies.properties
+++ b/dependencies.properties
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Target workspace name: com_google_api_codegen
 
 # Versions only, for dependencies which actual artifacts differ between Bazel and Gradle
-version.com_google_protobuf=3.12.2
+version.com_google_protobuf=3.13.0
 # Version of google-java-format is downgraded from 1.8 to 1.7, because 1.8 supports java 11 minimum, while our JRE is java 8.
 version.google_java_format=1.7
 version.com_google_api_common_java=1.9.3