diff --git a/test-suite-java/pom.xml b/test-suite-java/pom.xml
index f3cff3cfb..50afa93ab 100644
--- a/test-suite-java/pom.xml
+++ b/test-suite-java/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <packaging>jar</packaging>
         <micronaut.version>4.0.0</micronaut.version>
         <grpc.version>1.55.1</grpc.version>
-        <protoc.version>3.23.4</protoc.version>
+        <protoc.version>3.25.0</protoc.version>
         <guava.version>32.0.0-jre</guava.version>
         <jdk.version>17</jdk.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>