diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d950fcd6a..d03340297 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <!-- Dependencies -->
         <javax.annotations>1.3.2</javax.annotations>
         <grpc.version>1.18.0</grpc.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.8.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.12.2</protobuf.version>
         <netty.boringssl.version>2.0.20.Final</netty.boringssl.version>
         <kotlin.version>1.3.41</kotlin.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.13</commons-codec.version>