diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9c0a2d9..66c4f17 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <commons-httpclient.version>3.1</commons-httpclient.version>
         <hadoop-client.version>2.5.0-mr1-cdh5.2.0</hadoop-client.version>
         <mesos.version>0.23.1</mesos.version>
-        <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
         <metrics.version>3.1.0</metrics.version>
         <snappy-java.version>1.0.5</snappy-java.version>