diff --git a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
index 1e3d93cc..5f9c7bb9 100644
--- a/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
+++ b/java/amazon-kinesis-producer/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.25.5</version>
+            <version>4.28.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>