diff --git a/java/dependencies.bzl b/java/dependencies.bzl
index 3fa0a65e9..fa50ebb60 100644
--- a/java/dependencies.bzl
+++ b/java/dependencies.bzl
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ def gen_java_deps():
         artifacts = [
             "com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.5",
             "com.google.guava:guava:30.0-jre",
-            "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.16.0",
-            "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.16.0",
+            "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.19.4",
+            "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:3.19.4",
             "com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.15",
             "com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-core:2.3.0",
             "com.sun.xml.bind:jaxb-impl:2.3.0",