diff --git a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
index e71e51c970c66..a3a73a2e9f2d9 100644
--- a/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/dev-support/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ ENV PATH "${PATH}:/opt/cmake/bin"
 # hadolint ignore=DL3003
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/protobuf-src \
     && curl -L -s -S \
-      https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v2.5.0/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.gz \
+      https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases/download/v3.7.1/protobuf-java-3.7.1.tar.gz \
       -o /opt/protobuf.tar.gz \
     && tar xzf /opt/protobuf.tar.gz --strip-components 1 -C /opt/protobuf-src \
     && cd /opt/protobuf-src \
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
index cb1a2f970c768..565e9682d5194 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@
                         <exclude>update*</exclude>
                       </excludes>
                     </filter>
+                    <filter>
+                      <artifact>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</artifact>
+                      <excludes>
+                        <exclude>google/protobuf/*.proto</exclude>
+                        <exclude>google/protobuf/**/*.proto</exclude>
+                      </excludes>
+                    </filter>
                   </filters>
                   <relocations>
                     <relocation>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/protocol/impl/pb/FederationProtocolPBTranslator.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/protocol/impl/pb/FederationProtocolPBTranslator.java
index baad11352f8a2..31ab9daed3006 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/protocol/impl/pb/FederationProtocolPBTranslator.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/federation/store/protocol/impl/pb/FederationProtocolPBTranslator.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64;
 
-import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage;
+import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3;
 import com.google.protobuf.Message;
 import com.google.protobuf.Message.Builder;
 import com.google.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder;
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
  * Helper class for setting/getting data elements in an object backed by a
  * protobuf implementation.
  */
-public class FederationProtocolPBTranslator<P extends GeneratedMessage,
+public class FederationProtocolPBTranslator<P extends GeneratedMessageV3,
     B extends Builder, T extends MessageOrBuilder> {
 
   /** Optional proto byte stream used to create this object. */
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java
index 51379b8657392..1f42372686caf 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatProtobuf.java
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ private SectionName(String name) {
     }
   }
 
-  private static int getOndiskTrunkSize(com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage s) {
+  private static int getOndiskTrunkSize(com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3 s) {
     return CodedOutputStream.computeRawVarint32Size(s.getSerializedSize())
         + s.getSerializedSize();
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index f8e73d187763c..b18d7a1109ac6 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
     <!-- ProtocolBuffer version, used to verify the protoc version and -->
     <!-- define the protobuf JAR version                               -->
-    <protobuf.version>2.5.0</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>3.7.1</protobuf.version>
     <protoc.path>${env.HADOOP_PROTOC_PATH}</protoc.path>
 
     <zookeeper.version>3.4.13</zookeeper.version>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ImageWriter.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ImageWriter.java
index d4a632cf06dcf..bb36e522b925e 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ImageWriter.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-fs2img/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/ImageWriter.java
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ synchronized void writeDirEntry(DirEntry e) throws IOException {
     e.writeDelimitedTo(dirs);
   }
 
-  private static int getOndiskSize(com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage s) {
+  private static int getOndiskSize(com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3 s) {
     return CodedOutputStream.computeRawVarint32Size(s.getSerializedSize())
         + s.getSerializedSize();
   }
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/pb/PlacementConstraintToProtoConverter.java b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/pb/PlacementConstraintToProtoConverter.java
index 30f774136dcfe..d6514f22610dd 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/pb/PlacementConstraintToProtoConverter.java
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/api/pb/PlacementConstraintToProtoConverter.java
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.proto.YarnProtos.TimedPlacementConstraintProto;
 
 import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage;
+import com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3;
 
 /**
  * {@code PlacementConstraintToProtoConverter} generates a
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
  */
 @Private
 public class PlacementConstraintToProtoConverter
-    implements PlacementConstraint.Visitor<GeneratedMessage> {
+    implements PlacementConstraint.Visitor<GeneratedMessageV3> {
 
   private PlacementConstraint placementConstraint;
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public PlacementConstraintProto convert() {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(SingleConstraint constraint) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(SingleConstraint constraint) {
     SimplePlacementConstraintProto.Builder sb =
         SimplePlacementConstraintProto.newBuilder();
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public GeneratedMessage visit(SingleConstraint constraint) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(TargetExpression target) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(TargetExpression target) {
     PlacementConstraintTargetProto.Builder tb =
         PlacementConstraintTargetProto.newBuilder();
 
@@ -109,16 +110,16 @@ public GeneratedMessage visit(TargetExpression target) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(TargetConstraint constraint) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(TargetConstraint constraint) {
     throw new YarnRuntimeException("Unexpected TargetConstraint found.");
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(CardinalityConstraint constraint) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(CardinalityConstraint constraint) {
     throw new YarnRuntimeException("Unexpected CardinalityConstraint found.");
   }
 
-  private GeneratedMessage visitAndOr(
+  private GeneratedMessageV3 visitAndOr(
       CompositeConstraint<AbstractConstraint> composite, CompositeType type) {
     CompositePlacementConstraintProto.Builder cb =
         CompositePlacementConstraintProto.newBuilder();
@@ -137,17 +138,17 @@ private GeneratedMessage visitAndOr(
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(And constraint) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(And constraint) {
     return visitAndOr(constraint, CompositeType.AND);
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(Or constraint) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(Or constraint) {
     return visitAndOr(constraint, CompositeType.OR);
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(DelayedOr constraint) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(DelayedOr constraint) {
     CompositePlacementConstraintProto.Builder cb =
         CompositePlacementConstraintProto.newBuilder();
 
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ public GeneratedMessage visit(DelayedOr constraint) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public GeneratedMessage visit(TimedPlacementConstraint constraint) {
+  public GeneratedMessageV3 visit(TimedPlacementConstraint constraint) {
     TimedPlacementConstraintProto.Builder tb =
         TimedPlacementConstraintProto.newBuilder();