diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
index 2680192d3a..a6d170c926 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/first-party-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <grpc-gcp.version>1.3.0</grpc-gcp.version>
     <gson.version>2.9.1</gson.version>
     <guava.version>31.1-jre</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.21.7</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.21.8</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>2.2.1</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.9.6</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>2.8.21</google.core.version>