diff --git a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
index e2735f2661..e1cd585a47 100644
--- a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "eaba1dd133ac5167e8b08bc3268b2d33c6e9f2dcb14ec0f97f3d3eed9b395863",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.17.0",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.17.0.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "036d66d6eec216160dd898cfb162e9d82c1904627642667cc32b104d407bb411",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.17.1",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.17.1.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(