diff --git a/spark/sql-20/build.gradle b/spark/sql-20/build.gradle
index 10cabd314..d7c5a66bb 100644
--- a/spark/sql-20/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/sql-20/build.gradle
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ sparkVariants {
             }
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2")
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:2.3.1")
-            add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.23.4")
+            add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.24.2")
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.spark:spark-catalyst_${variant.scalaMajorVersion}:$variant.sparkVersion")
             add(variant.configuration('implementation'), "org.apache.spark:spark-yarn_${variant.scalaMajorVersion}:$variant.sparkVersion") {
                 exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop'