diff --git a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
index 65ecf7c4fd..fa57a81f9a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
+++ b/google-cloud-bigtable/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
     <!-- These are needed to compile the protobuf used by Changestream merging acceptance test. -->
     <test-protoc-grpc.version>1.65.0</test-protoc-grpc.version>
-    <test-protoc.version>3.25.5</test-protoc.version>
+    <test-protoc.version>3.25.8</test-protoc.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>