diff --git a/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml b/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml
index 325669a4455ee..d5d46e91a8c56 100644
--- a/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml
+++ b/tidb-binlog/driver/example/kafkaReader/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
         <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.16.1</version>
+        <version>3.25.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.google.protobuf/protobuf-java-util -->
     <dependency>