diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 74d39e7c4..66437bc7e
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.1</version>
+            <version>3.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.erlang.otp</groupId>