diff --git a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
index 210ec7033e..7dd3b56d97 100644
--- a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <elephant-bird.version>4.4</elephant-bird.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.5.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
     <truth-proto-extension.version>1.0</truth-proto-extension.version>
   </properties>