diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 11511bcb9..7f5775005 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <hadoop.version>1.0.4</hadoop.version>
-    <protobuf.version>2.4.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
     <yarn.version>0.23.7</yarn.version>
     <hbase.version>0.94.6</hbase.version>
     <hive.version>0.12.0</hive.version>