diff --git a/bazel_example/WORKSPACE.bazel b/bazel_example/WORKSPACE.bazel
index b63cd0ee..dfffc1c6 100644
--- a/bazel_example/WORKSPACE.bazel
+++ b/bazel_example/WORKSPACE.bazel
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ load("@bazel_tools//tools/build_defs/repo:http.bzl", "http_archive")
 _protobuf_version = "3.17.3"
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-#    sha256 = "e5265d552e12c1f39c72842fa91d84941726026fa056d914ea6a25cd58d7bbf8",
-#    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.12.3.zip"],
-#    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.12.3",
+#    sha256 = "528927e398f4e290001886894dac17c5c6a2e5548f3fb68004cfb01af901b53a",
+#    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.17.3.zip"],
+#    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.17.3",
     urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v%s.zip" % _protobuf_version],
     strip_prefix = "protobuf-%s" % _protobuf_version,
 )