diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 7d5b35b626..69dcd7703a 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.3.2</grpc-gcp.version>
     <gson.version>2.10</gson.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.21.10</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.21.12</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.2.2</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.11.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>2.9.0</google.core.version>