diff --git a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
index f3c4753bfd..e2735f2661 100644
--- a/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
+++ b/examples/protocol_buffers/WORKSPACE
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ http_archive(
 
 http_archive(
     name = "com_google_protobuf",
-    sha256 = "0cbdc9adda01f6d2facc65a22a2be5cecefbefe5a09e5382ee8879b522c04441",
-    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.15.8",
-    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.15.8.tar.gz"],
+    sha256 = "eaba1dd133ac5167e8b08bc3268b2d33c6e9f2dcb14ec0f97f3d3eed9b395863",
+    strip_prefix = "protobuf-3.17.0",
+    urls = ["https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.17.0.tar.gz"],
 )
 
 http_archive(