diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 453f6bce..66fa29c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     <app.name>hedera-protobuf-java-api</app.name>
 
     <eddsa.version>0.3.0</eddsa.version>
-    <protobuf-java.version>3.16.1</protobuf-java.version>
+    <protobuf-java.version>3.25.4</protobuf-java.version>
     <javax.annotation-api.version>1.3.2</javax.annotation-api.version>
     <grpc.version>1.45.1</grpc.version>
     <netty.version>4.1.66.Final</netty.version>