diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a31ac7..4bf0e20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9.1</version>
+      <version>3.16.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.avro</groupId>