diff --git a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
index 0b70f2ddc2..2de70f1b4a 100644
--- a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <elephant-bird.version>4.4</elephant-bird.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.5.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <truth-proto-extension.version>1.0</truth-proto-extension.version>
   </properties>