diff --git a/hiero-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts b/hiero-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts
index f1d340a74..3cab44228 100644
--- a/hiero-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/hiero-dependency-versions/build.gradle.kts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ group = "org.hiero"
 
 val bouncycastle = "1.80"
 val grpc = "1.74.0"
-val protobuf = "4.31.1"
+val protobuf = "4.32.0"
 val slf4j = "2.0.17"
 val mockito = "5.18.0"