diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 731a622..361d804 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.21.7</version>
+            <version>3.23.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>