diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d58c98214ee88..3cfb0c4a93365 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Bumps `azure-storage-common` from 12.18.0 to 12.18.1
 - Bumps `forbiddenapis` from 3.3 to 3.4
 - Bumps `gson` from 2.9.0 to 2.10
-- Bumps `protobuf-java` from 3.21.2 to 3.21.7k
+- Bumps `protobuf-java` from 3.21.2 to 3.21.9
 - Bumps `azure-core` from 1.31.0 to 1.33.0
 - Bumps `avro` from 1.11.0 to 1.11.1
 - Bumps `woodstox-core` from 6.3.0 to 6.3.1
diff --git a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
index 5bb25f2e43c42..8307443defa3a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
+++ b/test/fixtures/hdfs-fixture/build.gradle
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies {
   api "com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:${versions.woodstox}"
   api 'net.minidev:json-smart:2.4.8'
   api "org.mockito:mockito-core:${versions.mockito}"
-  api "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.8"
+  api "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.9"
   api "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:${versions.kotlin}"
   api 'org.eclipse.jetty:jetty-server:9.4.49.v20220914'
   api 'org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper:3.8.0'