diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 964cce9..54006eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-		    <version>3.7.0</version>
+		    <version>3.16.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
         <groupId>org.scala-lang</groupId>