diff --git a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 5dd1746c..959e6414 100644
--- a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <gax.version>2.5.0</gax.version>
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.1.0</grpc-gcp.version>
     <guava.version>30.1.1-jre</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.17.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.18.1</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.0.2</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.5.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>2.1.6</google.core.version>