diff --git a/com.unity.ml-agents/Editor/Unity.ML-Agents.Editor.asmdef b/com.unity.ml-agents/Editor/Unity.ML-Agents.Editor.asmdef
index ce372b29cb..3013a9e62c 100755
--- a/com.unity.ml-agents/Editor/Unity.ML-Agents.Editor.asmdef
+++ b/com.unity.ml-agents/Editor/Unity.ML-Agents.Editor.asmdef
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@
     ],
     "excludePlatforms": [],
     "allowUnsafeCode": false,
-    "overrideReferences": false,
-    "precompiledReferences": [],
+    "overrideReferences": true,
+    "precompiledReferences": [
+        "Google.Protobuf_Packed.dll"
+    ],
     "autoReferenced": true,
     "defineConstraints": [],
     "versionDefines": [
diff --git a/com.unity.ml-agents/Runtime/Grpc/Unity.ML-Agents.CommunicatorObjects.asmdef b/com.unity.ml-agents/Runtime/Grpc/Unity.ML-Agents.CommunicatorObjects.asmdef
index 16f49b5dc6..6c62ff7bbe 100755
--- a/com.unity.ml-agents/Runtime/Grpc/Unity.ML-Agents.CommunicatorObjects.asmdef
+++ b/com.unity.ml-agents/Runtime/Grpc/Unity.ML-Agents.CommunicatorObjects.asmdef
@@ -5,14 +5,14 @@
     "includePlatforms": [],
     "excludePlatforms": [],
     "allowUnsafeCode": false,
-    "overrideReferences": false,
+    "overrideReferences": true,
     "precompiledReferences": [
         "System.IO.Abstractions.dll",
-        "Google.Protobuf.dll",
-        "Grpc.Core.dll"
+        "Grpc.Core.dll",
+        "Google.Protobuf_Packed.dll"
     ],
     "autoReferenced": true,
     "defineConstraints": [],
     "versionDefines": [],
     "noEngineReferences": false
-}
+}
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