diff --git a/appengine-java8/tasks/snippets/pom.xml b/appengine-java8/tasks/snippets/pom.xml
index 27b95af9bde..d2cb370ae2a 100644
--- a/appengine-java8/tasks/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/appengine-java8/tasks/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Copyright 2019 Google LLC
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.1</version>
+      <version>3.12.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->
diff --git a/tasks/pom.xml b/tasks/pom.xml
index 45aa6c8d9b0..fdc52cf2b9a 100644
--- a/tasks/pom.xml
+++ b/tasks/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Copyright 2018 Google LLC
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.12.1</version>
+      <version>3.12.2</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->