diff --git a/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl b/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
index 7c349dbcdcf..faac0c18213 100644
--- a/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
+++ b/bazel/grpc_deps.bzl
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ def grpc_deps():
     if "com_google_protobuf" not in native.existing_rules():
         native.http_archive(
             name = "com_google_protobuf",
-            strip_prefix = "protobuf-b5fbb742af122b565925987e65c08957739976a7",
-            url = "https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/b5fbb742af122b565925987e65c08957739976a7.tar.gz",
-            )
+            strip_prefix = "protobuf-ab8edf1dbe2237b4717869eaab11a2998541ad8d",
+            url = "https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/ab8edf1dbe2237b4717869eaab11a2998541ad8d.tar.gz",
+        )
 
     if "com_github_nanopb_nanopb" not in native.existing_rules():
         native.new_http_archive(