diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml
index 1f4dff8d2f..03d989572f 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <grpc.version>1.37.0</grpc.version>
     <gax.version>1.64.0</gax.version>
     <guava.version>30.1.1-android</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.16.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.17.0</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>1.10.3</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.1.0</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>1.94.8</google.core.version>