diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d957aa5e..4db38ed9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <google.common-protos.version>1.18.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <gax.version>1.56.0</gax.version>
     <grpc.version>1.30.0</grpc.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.12.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.12.2</protobuf.version>
     <junit.version>4.13</junit.version>
     <guava.version>29.0-android</guava.version>
     <threeten.version>1.4.4</threeten.version>