diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 7b780ec4..6f94916f 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <protobuf.version>3.21.12</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.27.0</protobuf.version>
     <sqlite4java.version>1.0.392</sqlite4java.version>
     <sqlite4java.native>libsqlite4java</sqlite4java.native>
     <sqlite4java.libpath>${project.build.directory}/test-lib</sqlite4java.libpath>