diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b123b4a22..7464e8780 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@
     <project.jsr305.version>3.0.2</project.jsr305.version>
     <project.gson.version>2.9.1</project.gson.version>
     <project.jackson-core2.version>2.13.3</project.jackson-core2.version>
-    <project.protobuf-java.version>3.21.4</project.protobuf-java.version>
+    <project.protobuf-java.version>3.21.5</project.protobuf-java.version>
     <project.guava.version>30.1.1-android</project.guava.version>
     <project.xpp3.version>1.1.4c</project.xpp3.version>
     <project.httpclient.version>4.5.13</project.httpclient.version>