diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 452420a361..2620eb2137 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
     <mockito.version>1.8.5</mockito.version>
     <bouncycastle.version>1.46</bouncycastle.version>
-    <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
     <dbunitVersion>2.5.3</dbunitVersion>
     <akka.version>2.3.12</akka.version>
     <akka.config.version>1.2.1</akka.config.version>