diff --git a/mllib-dal/pom.xml b/mllib-dal/pom.xml
index 6952b6648..57a9f2c2a 100644
--- a/mllib-dal/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib-dal/pom.xml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.21.7</version>
+      <version>3.25.5</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>