diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 69b7d62a5838..840549131af8 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <gax.version>2.18.4</gax.version>
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.2.1</grpc-gcp.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.21.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.21.4</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.2.1</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.9.2</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>2.8.1</google.core.version>