diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d46e46a8..f363bf2a 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ val buildSettings = Seq(
     "org.apache.commons" % "commons-compress" % "1.26.2",
     "io.netty" % "netty-handler" % "4.1.114.Final",
     "org.apache.jena" % "jena-core" % "4.10.0",
-    "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java" % "3.21.12",
+    "com.google.protobuf" % "protobuf-java" % "3.25.5",
     "com.google.guava" % "guava" % "33.0.0-jre"
   )
 )