diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
index 57ec6ef8bd..b8cf4b5e8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 name: Maven Package upon a push 
-
 on:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ jobs:
           SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }} # required
         if: failure() # Pick up events even if the job fails or is canceled.
 
-
   publish_to_nexus:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -179,4 +177,3 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
-
diff --git a/biometrics-util/pom.xml b/biometrics-util/pom.xml
index 237e25c99b..e72446bbb3 100644
--- a/biometrics-util/pom.xml
+++ b/biometrics-util/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	
   <groupId>io.mosip.biometric.util</groupId>
   <artifactId>biometrics-util</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.1.5</version>
   <name>biometrics-util</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
diff --git a/bioutils/pom.xml b/bioutils/pom.xml
index 10f4dce9a9..948be4df75 100644
--- a/bioutils/pom.xml
+++ b/bioutils/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-	    <version>3.13.0</version>
+	    <version>3.16.1</version>
 	</dependency>
 	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.github.jai-imageio/jai-imageio-jpeg2000 -->
 	<dependency>