diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
index 02ac822f94995..0a1e0bde3af2f 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/build.gradle
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${versions.jackson_databind}"
   api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.9.0'
   runtimeOnly 'com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre'
-  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.20.0'
+  api 'com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.20.1'
   api "commons-logging:commons-logging:${versions.commonslogging}"
   api 'commons-cli:commons-cli:1.2'
   api "commons-codec:commons-codec:${versions.commonscodec}"
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.20.0.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.20.0.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index c5b0169ce0dba..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.20.0.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3c72ddaaab7ffafe789e4f732c1fd614eb798bf4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.20.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.20.1.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..1ebc9838b7bea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/protobuf-java-3.20.1.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+5472700cd39a46060efbd35e29cb36b3fb89517b
\ No newline at end of file