diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41dda8f018..7290a4d058 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
     <google.api.version>1.30.9</google.api.version>
     <google.http.version>1.35.0</google.http.version>
     <grpc.version>1.29.0</grpc.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.11.4</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.12.0</protobuf.version>
     <opencensus.version>0.24.0</opencensus.version>
     <annotations-api.version>1.3.2</annotations-api.version>
     <guava.version>29.0-android</guava.version><!-- We are currently using the *-android version to support JDK7. -->