diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4f538ab53..ada9b2015 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@
         <type>pom</type>
         <scope>import</scope>
       </dependency>
-
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+        <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+        <version>3.25.4</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.api.grpc</groupId>
         <artifactId>proto-google-cloud-pubsub-v1</artifactId>