diff --git a/remoting-common/pom.xml b/remoting-common/pom.xml
index bec693b8..a4bf1663 100644
--- a/remoting-common/pom.xml
+++ b/remoting-common/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-			<version>2.5.0</version>
+			<version>3.16.3</version>
 					 <exclusions>
 						<exclusion>
 							<groupId>*</groupId>