From f5cb90dd3b755195bf08485576efd277c43ea43a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:15:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(deps)(deps): bump com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java

Bumps [com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf) from 4.35.1 to 4.36.0.
- [Release notes](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases)
- [Commits](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/commits)

---
updated-dependencies:
- dependency-name: com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java
  dependency-version: 4.36.0
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-minor
...

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---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ded384c7..6ab1f6f6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
         <opentelemetry.version>1.65.0</opentelemetry.version>
         <!-- Shared google-cloud libs converged so the firebase (Firestore) and google-genai
              plugins can coexist on one classpath (see dependencyManagement note below). -->
-        <protobuf.version>4.35.1</protobuf.version>
+        <protobuf.version>4.36.0</protobuf.version>
         <google-auth.version>1.50.0</google-auth.version>
         <junit.version>6.1.3</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>5.23.0</mockito.version>