diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 530412019..a97586350 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
     <dependency.netty.version>4.1.110.Final</dependency.netty.version>
     <dependency.osgi.version>6.0.0</dependency.osgi.version>
     <dependency.proto.version>2.41.0</dependency.proto.version>
-    <dependency.protobuf.version>3.25.3</dependency.protobuf.version>
+    <dependency.protobuf.version>4.29.0</dependency.protobuf.version>
     <dependency.revapi.version>0.28.1</dependency.revapi.version>
     <dependency.scala.version>2.13.14</dependency.scala.version>
     <dependency.slf4j.version>2.0.13</dependency.slf4j.version>