diff --git a/server/build.gradle b/server/build.gradle
index 09f05853ff680..0e338f901cd5c 100644
--- a/server/build.gradle
+++ b/server/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 import groovy.xml.XmlParser
 
 plugins {
-  id('com.google.protobuf') version '0.9.6'
+  id('com.google.protobuf') version '0.10.0'
   id('opensearch.build')
   id('opensearch.publish')
   id('opensearch.internal-cluster-test')