diff --git a/applications/pom.xml b/applications/pom.xml
index 8556523aea0..36cd2269c01 100644
--- a/applications/pom.xml
+++ b/applications/pom.xml
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
                     <artifactId>protobuf-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.plugin.protobuf}</version>
                     <configuration>
-                        <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.5.1-1:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
+                        <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:${version.lib.google-protobuf}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
                         <pluginId>grpc-java</pluginId>
                         <pluginArtifact>io.grpc:protoc-gen-grpc-java:${version.lib.grpc}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</pluginArtifact>
                     </configuration>
diff --git a/dependencies/pom.xml b/dependencies/pom.xml
index 85611a23072..7de50fac723 100644
--- a/dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <version.lib.google-api-client>1.34.1</version.lib.google-api-client>
         <version.lib.google-oauth-client>1.33.3</version.lib.google-oauth-client>
         <version.lib.google-error-prone>2.3.3</version.lib.google-error-prone>
-        <version.lib.google-protobuf>3.19.2</version.lib.google-protobuf>
+        <version.lib.google-protobuf>3.21.4</version.lib.google-protobuf>
         <version.lib.graalvm>21.3.0</version.lib.graalvm>
         <version.lib.graphql-java>15.0</version.lib.graphql-java>
         <version.lib.graphql-java.extended.scalars>15.0.0</version.lib.graphql-java.extended.scalars>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f67ffa597b..a28f4d8d921 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@
                     <version>${version.plugin.protobuf}</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
-                        <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:3.17.3:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
+                        <protocArtifact>com.google.protobuf:protoc:${version.lib.google-protobuf}:exe:${os.detected.classifier}</protocArtifact>
                         <pluginId>grpc-java</pluginId>
                         <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->
                         <pluginArtifact>