diff --git a/server/pom.xml b/server/pom.xml
index baa60b8da8..fd0ee8142f 100644
--- a/server/pom.xml
+++ b/server/pom.xml
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
           <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.0</version>
+          <version>3.16.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>