diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d46bb411..8aa4fd0e8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <hadoop.version>1.0.4</hadoop.version>
-    <protobuf.version>2.4.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
     <yarn.version>${hadoop.version}</yarn.version>
     <hbase.version>0.94.6</hbase.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.4.5</zookeeper.version>