diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5eb6db87b87..ba7a84fa815 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
     <parquet.format.version>2.9.0</parquet.format.version>
     <parquet.version>1.12.3</parquet.version>
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>1676438963</project.build.outputTimestamp>
-    <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <proto.cas.path>${project.basedir}/src/main/protobuf/</proto.cas.path>
     <protostuff.version>1.8.0</protostuff.version>
     <rat.skip>true</rat.skip>