diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 97f87f30dbb31..e5d65c9451c1f 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson_databind}"
   api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.10'
   runtimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre'
-  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.7'
+  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.9'
   api "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
   api 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.5.0'
   api "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"