diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e2a0933..5f3034f5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <pulsar.version>2.3.1</pulsar.version>
+        <pulsar.version>2.8.1</pulsar.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.15.3</testcontainers.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11.4</version>
+            <version>3.19.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>