diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f54bdb1a34..887c6a6625 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
         <okio.version>3.2.0</okio.version>
         <okio-fake-file-system.version>3.2.0</okio-fake-file-system.version>
         <icu4j.version>72.1</icu4j.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.21.11</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.21.12</protobuf.version>
         <xmlsec.version>3.0.1</xmlsec.version>
         <protobuf.googleapi.types.version>2.11.0</protobuf.googleapi.types.version>
         <wsdl4j.version>1.6.3</wsdl4j.version>