diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 8cdeabaf..ea3f3634 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <commons.text.version>1.10.0</commons.text.version>
     <commons.compress.version>1.26.0</commons.compress.version>
     <rhino.version>1.7.12</rhino.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <ivy.version>2.5.2</ivy.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>