diff --git a/java/client/build.gradle b/java/client/build.gradle
index 203b34a444..d4f0923127 100644
--- a/java/client/build.gradle
+++ b/java/client/build.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '3.21.12'
+    implementation group: 'com.google.protobuf', name: 'protobuf-java', version: '4.26.0-RC2'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.commons', name: 'commons-lang3', version: '3.13.0'
 
     implementation group: 'io.netty', name: 'netty-handler', version: '4.1.100.Final'