diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 562ca9c0..c4eb7d88 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>4.27.5</version>
+            <version>4.33.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>