diff --git a/other/java/client/pom.xml b/other/java/client/pom.xml
index 7e5c3f7321..ab98a90d1f 100644
--- a/other/java/client/pom.xml
+++ b/other/java/client/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     </scm>
 
     <properties>
-        <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <!-- follow https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java -->
         <grpc.version>1.53.0</grpc.version>
         <guava.version>32.0.0-jre</guava.version>