diff --git a/Consumer/pom.xml b/Consumer/pom.xml
index 281e9df..37c9145 100644
--- a/Consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/Consumer/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.9.2</version>
+            <version>3.16.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
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