diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 721e02b622..531c6d7738 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
     <google.api.version>1.30.10</google.api.version>
     <google.http.version>1.36.0</google.http.version>
     <grpc.version>1.30.2</grpc.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.12.2</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.12.4</protobuf.version>
     <opencensus.version>0.24.0</opencensus.version>
     <annotations-api.version>1.3.2</annotations-api.version>
     <guava.version>29.0-android</guava.version><!-- We are currently using the *-android version to support JDK7. -->