diff --git a/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml b/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml
index f196a46bf9..c4cab229d2 100644
--- a/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml
+++ b/java/driver/flight-sql/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.22.3</version>
+      <version>4.27.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
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