diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5315d4fe..9687628f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <version.camunda-bpm-assert>15.0.0</version.camunda-bpm-assert>
     <version.jaxb-api>2.3.1</version.jaxb-api>
     <version.grpc>1.62.2</version.grpc>
-    <version.protobuf>3.25.3</version.protobuf>
+    <version.protobuf>4.26.0</version.protobuf>
     <version.guava>33.1.0-jre</version.guava>
     <version.error_prone_annotations>2.26.1</version.error_prone_annotations>
     <version.java-jwt>4.4.0</version.java-jwt>