diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d519037..2ac57ca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 				<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-				<version>2.4.1</version>
+				<version>3.16.1</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>com.googlecode.protobuf-java-format</groupId>