diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 4c69012f08d18..87def1e37e0d2 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 
     <!-- Protobuf version for backward compatibility -->
     <!-- This is used in hadoop-common for compilation only -->
-    <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <!-- Protobuf scope in hadoop common -->
     <!-- set to "provided" so protobuf2 is no longer exported as a dependency  -->
     <common.protobuf2.scope>provided</common.protobuf2.scope>