diff --git a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 80466834..83d166f0 100644
--- a/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <gax.version>2.8.1</gax.version>
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.1.0</grpc-gcp.version>
     <guava.version>31.0.1-jre</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.19.2</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.19.3</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.1.2</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.7.1</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>2.3.5</google.core.version>