diff --git a/wink-providers/wink-protobuf-provider/pom.xml b/wink-providers/wink-protobuf-provider/pom.xml
index 080a2035..dbb1e3ac 100644
--- a/wink-providers/wink-protobuf-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/wink-providers/wink-protobuf-provider/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.0a</version>
+            <version>3.16.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.wink</groupId>