diff --git a/parquet-cli/pom.xml b/parquet-cli/pom.xml
index 4dfd8095be..12347dde4b 100644
--- a/parquet-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-cli/pom.xml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>4.35.1</version>
+      <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
index edbb49f527..40f1bac218 100644
--- a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <elephant-bird.version>4.4</elephant-bird.version>
-    <protobuf.version>4.35.1</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.36.0</protobuf.version>
     <common-protos.version>2.74.0</common-protos.version>  <!-- make sure it's compatible with protobuf.version -->
     <truth-proto-extension.version>1.4.5</truth-proto-extension.version>
   </properties>