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From: "dependabot[bot]" <49699333+dependabot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 19:53:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Bump com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java from 4.36.0 to 4.36.1

Bumps [com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf) from 4.36.0 to 4.36.1.
- [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: 4.36.1
  dependency-type: direct:production
  update-type: version-update:semver-patch
...

Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <support@github.com>
---
 pom.xml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d59cb2a..ac409c0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency> <!-- Fixes cbomkit issue #138 -->
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-            <version>4.36.0</version> <!-- Use the latest stable version -->
+            <version>4.36.1</version> <!-- Use the latest stable version -->
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>