diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d07868e..49901c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <log4j2.version>2.11.2</log4j2.version>
         <netifi.bom.version>1.6.10</netifi.bom.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.6.1</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
         <rsocket.version>0.12.2-RC4</rsocket.version>
         <rsocket.rpc.version>0.2.18</rsocket.rpc.version>
     </properties>