diff --git a/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml b/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
index 437970bb93f8f..a60631dae01fa 100644
--- a/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
+++ b/java/flight/flight-core/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
       <artifactId>proto-google-common-protos</artifactId>
-      <version>2.39.1</version>
+      <version>2.40.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>