diff --git a/exonum-java-binding/pom.xml b/exonum-java-binding/pom.xml
index f5669b775..ef4c0f820 100644
--- a/exonum-java-binding/pom.xml
+++ b/exonum-java-binding/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <hamcrest.version>2.2</hamcrest.version>
     <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <junit.jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit.jupiter.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.11.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
     <mockito.version>3.4.4</mockito.version>
     <guava.version>29.0-jre</guava.version>
     <vertx.version>3.9.1</vertx.version>