diff --git a/commafeed-server/pom.xml b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
index a4e460ee..5b5644d4 100644
--- a/commafeed-server/pom.xml
+++ b/commafeed-server/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
+			<!-- the quarkus bom declares a dependency on an old version of protobuf, we need to override it for cel-java -->
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+				<artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+				<version>4.33.4</version>
+			</dependency>
 		</dependencies>
 	</dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -393,7 +399,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>dev.cel</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cel</artifactId>
-			<version>0.11.1</version>
+			<version>0.12.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.passay</groupId>