diff --git a/spring-grpc-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-grpc-dependencies/pom.xml
index e6b0fdb..d525fa1 100644
--- a/spring-grpc-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-grpc-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@
 				<type>pom</type>
 				<scope>import</scope>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+				<artifactId>protoc</artifactId>
+				<version>${protobuf-java.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
 				<artifactId>grpc-bom</artifactId>
@@ -190,4 +195,4 @@
 		</developer>
 	</developers>
 
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>