diff --git a/hbase/pom.xml b/hbase/pom.xml
index d1aeb3a9bfa..cbf9fa9b9ed 100644
--- a/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     <hbase.hbase.version>1.0.0</hbase.hbase.version>
     <hbase.hadoop.version>2.6.0</hbase.hadoop.version>
     <jruby.version>1.6.8</jruby.version>
-    <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
     <commons.exec.version>1.1</commons.exec.version>
     <jline.version>2.12.1</jline.version>