diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45e8e2e..dfeee28 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 
-        <protobuf.version>3.0.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
         <javafx.version>11.0.2</javafx.version>
         <mavencompiler.version>3.8.0</mavencompiler.version>
         <java.version>8</java.version>