diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 93595562..a58a193d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <kafka.version>2.6.0</kafka.version>
         <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
         <opennms.version>26.1.0-SNAPSHOT</opennms.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.11.4</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.15.3</testcontainers.version>
         <jqwik.version>1.3.10</jqwik.version>