diff --git a/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml b/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml
index dc2cdcf6..55f902b4 100644
--- a/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
-            <version>3.25.2</version>
+            <version>4.29.3</version>
         </dependency>
         
     </dependencies>