diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37eb9dfbc4b7..476252c93c13 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     <!-- make sure to update IsolatedClientLoader whenever this version is changed -->
     <hadoop.version>3.4.2</hadoop.version>
     <!-- SPARK-41247: When updating `protobuf.version`, also need to update `protoVersion` in `SparkBuild.scala` -->
-    <protobuf.version>4.29.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.33.0</protobuf.version>
     <protoc-jar-maven-plugin.version>3.11.4</protoc-jar-maven-plugin.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.9.4</zookeeper.version>
     <curator.version>5.9.0</curator.version>
diff --git a/project/SparkBuild.scala b/project/SparkBuild.scala
index a57aae28a699..4ffd4019aef9 100644
--- a/project/SparkBuild.scala
+++ b/project/SparkBuild.scala
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ object BuildCommons {
 
   // Google Protobuf version used for generating the protobuf.
   // SPARK-41247: needs to be consistent with `protobuf.version` in `pom.xml`.
-  val protoVersion = "4.29.3"
+  val protoVersion = "4.33.0"
 }
 
 object SparkBuild extends PomBuild {