diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2090144b..628f3fed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <haystack-idl.version>1.0.66</haystack-idl.version>
     <zipkin-proto.version>1.0.0</zipkin-proto.version>
     <kafka.version>3.0.0</kafka.version>
-    <protobuf-java.version>3.18.0</protobuf-java.version>
+    <protobuf-java.version>4.28.3</protobuf-java.version>
     <javax-annotation.version>1.3.2</javax-annotation.version>
     <awaitility.version>4.2.0</awaitility.version>
     <assertj-core.version>3.21.0</assertj-core.version>