diff --git a/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml b/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml
index d3a33946..2a1ca207 100644
--- a/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml
+++ b/starlight/starlight-serialization/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>3.23.1</version>
+            <version>3.24.4</version>
         </dependency>
         
     </dependencies>