diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a68cf070a62..7d58b425b9a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.4.3</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <mockito-all.version>1.9.0</mockito-all.version>
-    <protobuf.version>2.4.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
     <stax-api.version>1.0.1</stax-api.version>
     <thrift.version>0.9.0</thrift.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.4.5</zookeeper.version>