diff --git a/license_check/maven_artifacts.bzl b/license_check/maven_artifacts.bzl
index cb03186d6e2..ab6a8b83f13 100644
--- a/license_check/maven_artifacts.bzl
+++ b/license_check/maven_artifacts.bzl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ MAVEN_ARTIFACTS = [
     "com.google.guava:guava:32.1.2-jre",
     "com.google.guava:guava-testlib:32.1.2-jre",
     "com.google.jimfs:jimfs:1.2",
-    "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.21.12",
+    "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.25.5",
     "com.google.re2j:re2j:1.3",
     "com.google.truth.extensions:truth-liteproto-extension:1.1",
     "com.google.truth.extensions:truth-proto-extension:1.1",
diff --git a/maven_artifacts.bzl b/maven_artifacts.bzl
index 65cb9dc9d8f..5b4bf7c2a5d 100644
--- a/maven_artifacts.bzl
+++ b/maven_artifacts.bzl
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ MAVEN_ARTIFACTS = [
     "com.google.guava:guava:33.0.0-jre",
     "com.google.guava:guava-testlib:33.0.0-jre",
     "com.google.jimfs:jimfs:1.2",
-    "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.25.2",
+    "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:3.25.5",
     "com.google.re2j:re2j:1.3",
     "com.google.truth.extensions:truth-liteproto-extension:1.4.0",
     "com.google.truth.extensions:truth-proto-extension:1.4.0",