diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-prepper/build.gradle b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-prepper/build.gradle
index 64b3090a7..4d5549543 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-prepper/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/otel-trace-raw-prepper/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     compile 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.15'
     testCompile project(':data-prepper-api').sourceSets.test.output
     implementation "io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-proto:${versionMap.opentelemetry_proto}"
-    implementation 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.15.2'
+    implementation 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.15.5'
     implementation "com.linecorp.armeria:armeria:1.5.0"
     implementation "com.linecorp.armeria:armeria-grpc:1.5.0"
     implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.12.1"