diff --git a/openfeature-provider/java/pom.xml b/openfeature-provider/java/pom.xml
index 1627600..6223e50 100644
--- a/openfeature-provider/java/pom.xml
+++ b/openfeature-provider/java/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     <!-- Prevents the compiler version from resetting locally in Intellij -->
     <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-    <protobuf.version>3.25.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
     <grpc.version>1.63.0</grpc.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
     <guava.version>33.2.1-jre</guava.version>