diff --git a/emotion-recognition/stanford-corenlp-4.0.0/pom.xml b/emotion-recognition/stanford-corenlp-4.0.0/pom.xml
index 675ae48..4258012 100644
--- a/emotion-recognition/stanford-corenlp-4.0.0/pom.xml
+++ b/emotion-recognition/stanford-corenlp-4.0.0/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.9.2</version>
+      <version>3.16.3</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>