diff --git a/wayang-commons/wayang-serializable/pom.xml b/wayang-commons/wayang-serializable/pom.xml
index dbc3996..a6e4fcb 100644
--- a/wayang-commons/wayang-serializable/pom.xml
+++ b/wayang-commons/wayang-serializable/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <protobuf.version>3.15.2</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
         <protoc.version>3.15.2</protoc.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>