diff --git a/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml b/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
index 6210370..6651d28 100644
--- a/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <protoc.version>3.18.0</protoc.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.18.2</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.19.6</protobuf.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>