diff --git a/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml b/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
index 1d01080..d4ae862 100644
--- a/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/com.ibm.streamsx.hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-			<version>3.13.0</version>
+			<version>3.16.1</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>*</groupId>