diff --git a/smoke-tests/build.gradle b/smoke-tests/build.gradle
index 86bfd3e1..005da620 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/smoke-tests/build.gradle
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies {
   testImplementation(project(":custom"))
   testImplementation("org.testcontainers:testcontainers:1.20.4")
   testImplementation("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.18.2")
-  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.29.2")
+  testImplementation("com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util:4.29.3")
   testImplementation("com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry.proto:opentelemetry-proto:1.3.2-alpha")
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-api")