diff --git a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
index fbfb3c49d0..f3d06b79ea 100644
--- a/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/parquet-protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <properties>
     <elephant-bird.version>4.4</elephant-bird.version>
     <protobuf.version>4.36.2</protobuf.version>
-    <common-protos.version>2.79.0</common-protos.version>  <!-- make sure it's compatible with protobuf.version -->
+    <common-protos.version>2.81.0</common-protos.version>  <!-- make sure it's compatible with protobuf.version -->
     <truth-proto-extension.version>1.4.5</truth-proto-extension.version>
   </properties>