diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa61f697..1baa9ca8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
         <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-        <version>${protoc.version}</version>
+        <version>4.33.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>