diff --git a/hbase-client/1.1.2.wso2v1/pom.xml b/hbase-client/1.1.2.wso2v1/pom.xml
index df4f1237c..093570e6d 100644
--- a/hbase-client/1.1.2.wso2v1/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-client/1.1.2.wso2v1/pom.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         <hadoop.version>2.6.0</hadoop.version>
         <commons.codec.version>1.4</commons.codec.version>
         <guava.version>14.0.1</guava.version>
-        <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.3</protobuf.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.4.5</zookeeper.version>
         <hadoop.import.version>[2.6.0, 2.7.0)</hadoop.import.version>
         <commons.codec.import.version>[1.4, 1.5)</commons.codec.import.version>