diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 34c6bc0..a199c22 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ kafka-streams = { group = "org.apache.kafka", name = "kafka-streams" }
 kafka-streams-avro-serde = { group = "io.confluent", name = "kafka-streams-avro-serde" }
 kafka-streams-protobuf-serde = { group = "io.confluent", name = "kafka-streams-protobuf-serde" }
 avro = { group = "org.apache.avro", name = "avro", version = "1.12.0" }
-protobuf = { group = "com.google.protobuf", name = "protobuf-java", version = "3.25.5" }
+protobuf = { group = "com.google.protobuf", name = "protobuf-java", version = "4.32.1" }
 jool = { group = "org.jooq", name = "jool", version = "0.9.15" }
 commons-lang = { group = "org.apache.commons", name = "commons-lang3", version = "3.18.0" }
 jackson-core = { group = "com.fasterxml.jackson.core", name = "jackson-core", version.ref = "jackson" }
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ sonar = { id = "com.bakdata.sonar", version = "1.11.0" }
 sonatype = { id = "com.bakdata.sonatype", version = "1.11.0" }
 lombok = { id = "io.freefair.lombok", version = "8.14" }
 avro = { id = "com.github.davidmc24.gradle.plugin.avro", version = "1.9.1" }
-protobuf = { id = "com.google.protobuf", version = "0.9.4" }
+protobuf = { id = "com.google.protobuf", version = "0.9.5" }