diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index 81ed5e904c..d4fa9195f6 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
     <pdfbox.version>3.0.2</pdfbox.version>
     <!-- NOTE: sync tukaani version with commons-compress in tika-parsers -->
     <poi.version>5.3.0</poi.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.25.3</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.25.4</protobuf.version>
     <!-- 2.5.0-rc1 tested successfully -->
     <quartz.version>2.3.2</quartz.version>
     <reactor.core.version>3.6.8</reactor.core.version>