diff --git a/hive-connector/pom.xml b/hive-connector/pom.xml
index 58c9abeb6406..63113df61435 100644
--- a/hive-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/hive-connector/pom.xml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
                 <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0-beta-1</version>
+                <version>3.16.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>