diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index ff4d3dcc9..e12c3db78 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   val scalapbRuntime = "com.thesamet.scalapb" %% "scalapb-runtime" % scalapbVersion % "protobuf"
 
-  val protobufJava = "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java" % "3.25.5" % "protobuf"
+  val protobufJava = "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java" % "4.29.2" % "protobuf"
 
   val betterFiles = "com.github.pathikrit" %% "better-files" % "3.9.2"