diff --git a/tensorflow/java/maven/tensorflow-hadoop/pom.xml b/tensorflow/java/maven/tensorflow-hadoop/pom.xml
index e2e0d8278c631c..dcae4858ea6b4b 100644
--- a/tensorflow/java/maven/tensorflow-hadoop/pom.xml
+++ b/tensorflow/java/maven/tensorflow-hadoop/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.6</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.6</maven.compiler.target>
         <hadoop.version>2.6.0</hadoop.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.5.1</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
         <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
     </properties>