diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 6f27b8a0be0c9..11d1c50b7b324 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_7</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_21</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 225a566bf5b47..aede7601adcfa 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@
     <!-- Protobuf scope in other modules which explicitly import the libarary -->
     <transient.protobuf2.scope>${common.protobuf2.scope}</transient.protobuf2.scope>
     <!-- ProtocolBuffer version, actually used in Hadoop -->
-    <hadoop.protobuf.version>3.7.1</hadoop.protobuf.version>
+    <hadoop.protobuf.version>3.21.12</hadoop.protobuf.version>
     <protoc.path>${env.HADOOP_PROTOC_PATH}</protoc.path>
 
-    <hadoop-thirdparty.version>1.1.1</hadoop-thirdparty.version>
+    <hadoop-thirdparty.version>1.2.0</hadoop-thirdparty.version>
     <hadoop-thirdparty-protobuf.version>${hadoop-thirdparty.version}</hadoop-thirdparty-protobuf.version>
     <hadoop-thirdparty-guava.version>${hadoop-thirdparty.version}</hadoop-thirdparty-guava.version>
     <hadoop-thirdparty-shaded-prefix>org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty</hadoop-thirdparty-shaded-prefix>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_7</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_21</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop-thirdparty-protobuf.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
index 2bd4f2cbe5ddc..30a47c80abddc 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-api/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_7</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_21</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_7</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_21</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_7</artifactId>
+          <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_21</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>