diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e332a74f..ac36ca36 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <grpc.version>1.37.0</grpc.version>
     <gax.version>1.63.0</gax.version>
     <guava.version>30.1.1-android</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.15.8</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.0</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>1.10.3</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.1.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>1.94.8</google.core.version>