diff --git a/client-spark/spark3/pom.xml b/client-spark/spark3/pom.xml
index 5196f98347..3e50b2844c 100644
--- a/client-spark/spark3/pom.xml
+++ b/client-spark/spark3/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@
     <name>Apache Uniffle Client (Spark 3)</name>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+            <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
             <artifactId>spark-core_${scala.binary.version}</artifactId>