diff --git a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 93ccbb27..8d874e67 100644
--- a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <gax.version>2.18.1</gax.version>
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.1.0</grpc-gcp.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.20.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.21.0</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.2.0</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.8.3</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>2.7.1</google.core.version>