diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/pom.xml b/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/pom.xml
index 7d1b00cf8daa8..ab42f0e2aef59 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
                   <include>org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams</include>
                   <include>com.typesafe.netty:netty-reactive-streams</include>
                   <include>org.javassist:javassist</include>
-                  <include>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</include>
                   <include>com.google.guava:guava</include>
                   <include>com.google.code.gson:gson</include>
                   <include>com.google.re2j:re2j</include>
@@ -153,6 +152,7 @@
                 </includes>
                 <excludes>
                   <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations</exclude>
+                  <exclude>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</exclude>
                 </excludes>
               </artifactSet>
               <filters>
diff --git a/pulsar-client-all/pom.xml b/pulsar-client-all/pom.xml
index 2cad7bf7fb5a8..e26f6eeac57bf 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-all/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-client-all/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@
                   <include>org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams</include>
                   <include>com.typesafe.netty:netty-reactive-streams</include>
                   <include>org.javassist:javassist</include>
-                  <include>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</include>
                   <include>com.google.guava:*</include>
                   <include>org.checkerframework:*</include>
                   <include>com.google.code.findbugs:*</include>
@@ -210,6 +209,7 @@
                 </includes>
                 <excludes>
                   <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations</exclude>
+                  <exclude>com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java</exclude>
                 </excludes>
               </artifactSet>
               <filters>