diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f67a634..9848ce4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <netty.version>4.1.73.Final</netty.version>
-        <protobuf.version>2.6.1</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.35</slf4j.version>
     </properties>