diff --git a/jans-orm/sql/pom.xml b/jans-orm/sql/pom.xml
index ad2e6d2d70b..221186fd2fc 100644
--- a/jans-orm/sql/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-orm/sql/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-			<version>3.19.6</version>
+			<version>3.25.5</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>