diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1770a3434702da1cbd6c7adf019f39dda03b1302..acc0439c36a6f3ce41618a70b3314ce667119e31 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <hibernate-validator.version>6.1.0.Final</hibernate-validator.version>
         <aspectjweaver.version>1.8.9</aspectjweaver.version>
         <javax-inject.version>1</javax-inject.version>
-        <protobuf-java.version>3.16.1</protobuf-java.version>
+        <protobuf-java.version>3.16.3</protobuf-java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>