diff --git a/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.SlackBuild b/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.SlackBuild
index fb4127a699..ea2dfb7de0 100644
--- a/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.SlackBuild
+++ b/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=protobuf3
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.12.1}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.12.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.info b/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.info
index 6c1d9157d4..4bf23d9f58 100644
--- a/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.info
+++ b/misc/protobuf3/protobuf3.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="protobuf3"
-VERSION="3.12.1"
+VERSION="3.12.3"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/google/protobuf"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.12.1/protobuf-3.12.1.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="829bdd811f6a4d06fc2e29e468235165"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/google/protobuf/archive/v3.12.3/protobuf-3.12.3.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="bf452e9c50168bddf80be32e3848750e"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""