diff --git a/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml b/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml
index 0126516cef..531de1b1bd 100644
--- a/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/java-shared-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     <grpc.version>1.38.0</grpc.version>
     <gax.version>1.65.0</gax.version>
     <guava.version>30.1.1-android</guava.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.17.2</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.17.3</protobuf.version>
     <google.api-common.version>1.10.3</google.api-common.version>
     <google.common-protos.version>2.3.2</google.common-protos.version>
     <google.core.version>1.95.0</google.core.version>