diff --git a/seacore/pom.xml b/seacore/pom.xml
index 5b00ab7..28165b7 100644
--- a/seacore/pom.xml
+++ b/seacore/pom.xml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5.0</version>
+            <version>3.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>