diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e9a8f0b0f..bf399fdcd7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <scylladb.version>5.1.4</scylladb.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.20.1</testcontainers.version>
         <easymock.version>5.4.0</easymock.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.25.4</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>
         <grpc.version>1.66.0</grpc.version>
         <protoc.version>3.23.4</protoc.version>
         <gson.version>2.11.0</gson.version>