diff --git a/e2e-tests/pom.xml b/e2e-tests/pom.xml
index f6e705ca..1b1c0c4f 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/e2e-tests/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <protoc.version>3.7.0.2</protoc.version>
-        <protobuf.version>3.7.1</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>3.16.1</protobuf.version>
         <jwt.version>0.10.5</jwt.version>
         <webdriver.version>3.3.0</webdriver.version>
         <selenium.version>3.141.59</selenium.version>