diff --git a/ojdbc-provider-gcp/pom.xml b/ojdbc-provider-gcp/pom.xml
index 1a260960..fa6878df 100644
--- a/ojdbc-provider-gcp/pom.xml
+++ b/ojdbc-provider-gcp/pom.xml
@@ -39,11 +39,23 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-secretmanager</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+          <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-storage</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+      <version>3.25.5</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- TEST DEPENDENCIES -->
 
     <dependency>