diff --git a/hbase-migration-tools/mirroring-client/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hbase-migration-tools/mirroring-client/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 6cf8429c2e..20152f0be8 100644
--- a/hbase-migration-tools/mirroring-client/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-migration-tools/mirroring-client/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-mirroring-client-1.x-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.1</version>
+      <version>3.22.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>