diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
index 1811e2c7e..6c0648927 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <automatic.module.name>io.prometheus.metrics.expositionformats</automatic.module.name>
-        <protobuf-java.version>4.28.3</protobuf-java.version>
+        <protobuf-java.version>4.29.0</protobuf-java.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>