diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index 8998e217edb..fc20c49ca20 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <maven-core.version>3.9.6</maven-core.version>
     <mockito.version>5.23.0</mockito.version>
     <netty.version>4.2.16.Final</netty.version>
-    <protobuf.version>4.35.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.36.0</protobuf.version>
     <reload4j.version>1.2.26</reload4j.version>
     <servlet-api.version>4.0.1</servlet-api.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>