diff --git a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
index c58de2fe24..799c69e393 100644
--- a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <elephant-bird.version>4.4</elephant-bird.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.25.6</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.30.2</protobuf.version>
     <common-protos.version>2.54.1</common-protos.version>  <!-- make sure it's compatible with protobuf.version -->
     <truth-proto-extension.version>1.4.4</truth-proto-extension.version>
   </properties>