diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6106825aba..5d6fb05933 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <scylladb.version>5.1.4</scylladb.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.20.0</testcontainers.version>
         <easymock.version>5.3.0</easymock.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.25.3</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.25.4</protobuf.version>
         <grpc.version>1.65.1</grpc.version>
         <protoc.version>3.23.4</protoc.version>
         <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>