diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4b533c0d..edc264f4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
     <project.gson.version>2.8.5</project.gson.version>
     <project.jackson-core-asl.version>1.9.13</project.jackson-core-asl.version>
     <project.jackson-core2.version>2.9.8</project.jackson-core2.version>
-    <project.protobuf-java.version>3.9.1</project.protobuf-java.version>
+    <project.protobuf-java.version>3.10.0</project.protobuf-java.version>
     <project.guava.version>28.0-android</project.guava.version>
     <project.appengine.version>1.9.65</project.appengine.version>
     <project.xpp3.version>1.1.4c</project.xpp3.version>