diff --git a/datacatalog/snippets/pom.xml b/datacatalog/snippets/pom.xml
index a0c01586bae..14d08a37b50 100644
--- a/datacatalog/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/datacatalog/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-      <version>3.21.4</version>
+      <version>3.21.5</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>