diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 29859a855..4966f184e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     <google.iam.version>0.13.0</google.iam.version>
     <gax.version>1.51.0</gax.version>
     <grpc.version>1.25.0</grpc.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.10.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.11.1</protobuf.version>
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
     <guava.version>28.1-android</guava.version>
     <threeten.version>1.4.0</threeten.version>