diff --git a/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt b/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
index b2c1da45aeadd..07b43e4ab2a52 100644
--- a/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
+++ b/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ MIT License
 
 Protocol Buffers License
  * Protocol Buffers
-   - com.google.protobuf-protobuf-java-3.11.4.jar -- licenses/LICENSE-protobuf.txt
-   - com.google.protobuf-protobuf-java-util-3.11.4.jar -- licenses/LICENSE-protobuf.txt
+   - com.google.protobuf-protobuf-java-3.16.1.jar -- licenses/LICENSE-protobuf.txt
+   - com.google.protobuf-protobuf-java-util-3.16.1.jar -- licenses/LICENSE-protobuf.txt
 
 CDDL-1.1 -- licenses/LICENSE-CDDL-1.1.txt
  * Java Annotations API
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7bb69efc4e45..b53d2c84f2196 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>8.37</puppycrawl.checkstyle.version>
     <dockerfile-maven.version>1.4.13</dockerfile-maven.version>
     <typetools.version>0.5.0</typetools.version>
-    <protobuf3.version>3.11.4</protobuf3.version>
+    <protobuf3.version>3.16.1</protobuf3.version>
     <protoc3.version>${protobuf3.version}</protoc3.version>
     <grpc.version>1.33.0</grpc.version>
     <perfmark.version>0.19.0</perfmark.version>
diff --git a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
index 69c387bb5c53b..ed9d018647fff 100644
--- a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
+++ b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ The Apache Software License, Version 2.0
 
 Protocol Buffers License
  * Protocol Buffers
-   - protobuf-java-3.11.4.jar
+   - protobuf-java-3.16.1.jar
 
 BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
   *  RE2J TD -- re2j-td-1.4.jar