diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bd14b04..158dc95e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <google.common-protos.version>1.17.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <gax.version>1.50.1</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>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
         <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-        <version>3.10.0</version>
+        <version>3.11.1</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>