diff --git a/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt b/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
index 806e595bcf401..5e96587ba8494 100644
--- a/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
+++ b/distribution/server/src/assemble/LICENSE.bin.txt
@@ -521,8 +521,8 @@ 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 2a5be058cd0d3..c0dd629a1cca5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.
8.37
1.4.13
0.5.0
- 3.11.4
+ 3.16.1
${protobuf3.version}
1.33.0
0.19.0
diff --git a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
index 88c533ff5bcc9..edd4bf39aadc8 100644
--- a/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
+++ b/pulsar-sql/presto-distribution/LICENSE
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ 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