diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 359c92d46bcc9..bd9f12877a213 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Bumps `org.apache.ant:ant` from 1.10.12 to 1.10.13
 - Bumps `com.azure:azure-storage-common` from 12.18.1 to 12.19.3
 - Bumps `io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty` from 1.1.2 to 1.1.3
+- Bumps `com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java` from 3.21.12 to 3.22.0
 
 ### Changed
 - [CCR] Add getHistoryOperationsFromTranslog method to fetch the history snapshot from translogs ([#3948](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/3948))
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 439b2540da9c1..12e71ea272f2c 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies {
   api 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.11.1'
   api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10.1'
   runtimeOnly "com.google.guava:guava:${versions.guava}"
-  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.12'
+  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.22.0'
   api "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
   api 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.5.0'
   api "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.21.12.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.21.12.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index e86ed957b6625..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.21.12.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-5589e79a33cb6509f7e681d7cf4fc59d47c51c71
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.22.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.22.0.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4255cb52bf49c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.22.0.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aa58e31e88e9974452f0498e237532df5732257a
\ No newline at end of file