diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 6717b303e6..cfceab2861 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "1c744a6a1f2c901e68c5521bc275e22bdc66256eeb605c2781923365b7087e5f",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.13.0",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.13.0.zip"],
+    sha256 = "730d43c5460a4448398f06718da075c246eeb16483f2f279b5070f222dabc218",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.18.1",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.18.1.zip"],
 )
 
 http_archive(