diff --git a/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufConfig.cmake b/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufConfig.cmake
index f8e9ff1f951..974fe203a3a 100644
--- a/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufConfig.cmake
+++ b/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufConfig.cmake
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ endfunction(_Protobuf_module_import)
 function(_Protobuf_import)
   # Let's use find_package here not to export unnecessary definitions
   # NOTE Here we use "exact" match to avoid possible infinite loop
-  find_package(protobuf EXACT 3.5.2 QUIET)
+  find_package(protobuf EXACT 3.20.2.0 QUIET)
 
   if(NOT protobuf_FOUND)
     set(Protobuf_FOUND FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function(_Protobuf_build)
                       INSTALL_DIR ${EXT_OVERLAY_DIR}
                       BUILD_FLAGS -fPIC
                       EXTRA_OPTS  -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -Dprotobuf_WITH_ZLIB=OFF
-                      IDENTIFIER  "3.5.2-fix2"
+                      IDENTIFIER  "3.20.2.0"
                       PKG_NAME    "PROTOBUF")
 
 endfunction(_Protobuf_build)
diff --git a/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufSource.patch b/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufSource.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a83a80e480..00000000000
--- a/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufSource.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
---- a/cmake/libprotoc.cmake
-+++ b/cmake/libprotoc.cmake
-@@ -209,10 +209,14 @@
-   ${protobuf_source_dir}/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/well_known_types/timestamp.js
- )
- add_executable(js_embed ${protobuf_source_dir}/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/embed.cc)
-+set(JS_EMBED_EXEC "js_embed")
-+if(DEFINED ENV{EXTERNAL_JS_EMBED})
-+  set(JS_EMBED_EXEC "$ENV{EXTERNAL_JS_EMBED}")
-+endif()
- add_custom_command(
-   OUTPUT ${protobuf_source_dir}/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/well_known_types_embed.cc
-   DEPENDS js_embed ${js_well_known_types_sources}
--  COMMAND js_embed ${js_well_known_types_sources} > ${protobuf_source_dir}/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/well_known_types_embed.cc
-+  COMMAND ${JS_EMBED_EXEC} ${js_well_known_types_sources} > ${protobuf_source_dir}/src/google/protobuf/compiler/js/well_known_types_embed.cc
- )
-
- add_library(libprotoc ${protobuf_SHARED_OR_STATIC}
diff --git a/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufSourceConfig.cmake b/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufSourceConfig.cmake
index a1704e53d72..88c8c86cbb4 100644
--- a/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufSourceConfig.cmake
+++ b/infra/cmake/packages/ProtobufSourceConfig.cmake
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ function(_ProtobufSource_import)
   nnas_include(OptionTools)
 
   envoption(EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD_SERVER "https://github.com")
-  envoption(PROTOBUF_URL ${EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD_SERVER}/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.5.2.tar.gz)
+  envoption(PROTOBUF_URL ${EXTERNAL_DOWNLOAD_SERVER}/protocolbuffers/protobuf/archive/v3.20.2.tar.gz)
 
-  ExternalSource_Download(PROTOBUF ${PROTOBUF_URL}
-                          PATCH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ProtobufSource.patch)
+  ExternalSource_Download(PROTOBUF ${PROTOBUF_URL})
 
   set(ProtobufSource_DIR ${PROTOBUF_SOURCE_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE)
   set(ProtobufSource_FOUND TRUE PARENT_SCOPE)