diff --git a/third_party/protobuf b/third_party/protobuf
index e8ae137c964..bba446bbf2a 160000
--- a/third_party/protobuf
+++ b/third_party/protobuf
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e8ae137c96444ea313485ed1118c5e43b2099cf1
+Subproject commit bba446bbf2ac7b0b9923d4eb07d5acd0665a8cf0
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
index d2ab5b01cc1..5562d330fd5 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cat << EOF | awk '{ print $1 }' | sort > $want_submodules
  05b155ff59114735ec8cd089f669c4c3d8f59029 third_party/gflags (v2.1.0-45-g05b155f)
  c99458533a9b4c743ed51537e25989ea55944908 third_party/googletest (release-1.7.0)
  f8ac463766281625ad710900479130c7fcb4d63b third_party/nanopb (nanopb-0.3.4-29-gf8ac463)
- e8ae137c96444ea313485ed1118c5e43b2099cf1 third_party/protobuf (v3.0.0-beta-4-74-ge8ae137)
+ bba446bbf2ac7b0b9923d4eb07d5acd0665a8cf0 third_party/protobuf (v3.0.0-beta-4-160-gbba446b)
  50893291621658f355bc5b4d450a8d06a563053d third_party/zlib (v1.2.8)
  bcad91771b7f0bff28a1cac1981d7ef2b9bcef3c third_party/thrift
 EOF