diff --git a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
index 6c38344b..24ea6987 100644
--- a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.4</version>
+            <version>3.19.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>