diff --git a/flight/flight-core/pom.xml b/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
index a7d8a2cd02..676d9985d6 100644
--- a/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
+++ b/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
-      <version>2.78.0</version>
+      <version>2.79.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>