diff --git a/io.grpc.java/pom.xml b/io.grpc.java/pom.xml
index aef23ce..34a8cce 100644
--- a/io.grpc.java/pom.xml
+++ b/io.grpc.java/pom.xml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
 			<artifactId>protobuf-javalite</artifactId>
-			<version>3.24.0</version>
+			<version>3.25.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.checkerframework</groupId>