diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d6fe05e3..441b1ca6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>
+            <!-- Force to use this version because MySQL connector depends on older version -->
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+                <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+                <version>3.19.1</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-bom</artifactId>