diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1424237..7a53c70 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
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         "semver": "^7.5.1",
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+        "vinyl": "^2.2.1"
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+        "once": "^1.3.0",
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+      "engines": {
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+      "funding": {
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+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/@pingghost/protoc/node_modules/rimraf": {
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+      },
+      "bin": {
+        "rimraf": "bin.js"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
+      }
+    },
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.3.2.tgz",
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-        "node-fetch": "^3.2.10",
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-      "bin": {
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-        "once": "^1.3.0",
-        "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
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-      "engines": {
-        "node": "*"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
-      }
-    },
-    "node_modules/protoc/node_modules/rimraf": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz",
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-      "bin": {
-        "rimraf": "bin.js"
-      },
-      "funding": {
-        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/isaacs"
-      }
-    },
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+      "version": "9.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-b+1eJOlsR9K8HJpow9Ok3fiWOWSIcIzXodvv0rQjVoOVNpWMpxf1wZNpt4y9h10odCNrqnYp1OBzRktckBe3sA==",
+      "funding": [
+        "https://github.com/sponsors/broofa",
+        "https://github.com/sponsors/ctavan"
+      ],
       "bin": {
         "uuid": "dist/bin/uuid"
       }
@@ -3370,9 +3376,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1.tgz",
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+      "version": "3.3.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.3.3.tgz",
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         "node": ">= 8"
       }
@@ -3688,6 +3694,43 @@
         "fastq": "^1.6.0"
       }
     },
+    "@pingghost/protoc": {
+      "version": "1.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pingghost/protoc/-/protoc-1.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7ndq6JmrfcRfr6wIxdrjBqAipsrWwldFL5TQRmJXgpGrRi1yU6vKWID6Z4cs96iK+3yLIoUON11fE5CThNBrXA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "glob": "^7.2.3",
+        "mkdirp": "^0.5.6",
+        "node-fetch": "^3.2.10",
+        "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
+        "unzipper": "^0.10.11",
+        "uuid": "^9.0.0",
+        "vinyl": "^2.2.1"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "glob": {
+          "version": "7.2.3",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-7.2.3.tgz",
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+          "requires": {
+            "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
+            "inflight": "^1.0.4",
+            "inherits": "2",
+            "minimatch": "^3.1.1",
+            "once": "^1.3.0",
+            "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "rimraf": {
+          "version": "3.0.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-JZkJMZkAGFFPP2YqXZXPbMlMBgsxzE8ILs4lMIX/2o0L9UBw9O/Y3o6wFw/i9YLapcUJWwqbi3kdxIPdC62TIA==",
+          "requires": {
+            "glob": "^7.1.3"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "@pkgjs/parseargs": {
       "version": "0.11.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pkgjs/parseargs/-/parseargs-0.11.0.tgz",
@@ -4258,9 +4301,9 @@
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-      "integrity": "sha512-Vr3mLBA8qWmcuschSLAOogKgQ/Jwxulv3RNE4FXnYWRGujzrRWQI4m12fQqRkwX06C0KanhLr4hK+GydchZsaA=="
+      "version": "4.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-4.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0R9ikRb668HB7QDxT1vkpuUBtqc53YyAwMwGeUFKRojY/NWKvdZ+9UYtRfGmhqNbRkTSVpMbmyhXipFFv2cb/A=="
     },
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@@ -5158,9 +5201,9 @@
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.2.10.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-MhuzNwdURnZ1Cp4XTazr69K0BTizsBroX7Zx3UgDSVcZYKF/6p0CBe4EUb/hLqmzVhl0UpYfgRljQ4yxE+iCxA==",
+      "version": "3.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dRB78srN/l6gqWulah9SrxeYnxeddIG30+GOqK/9OlLVyLg3HPnr6SqOWTWOXKRwC2eGYCkZ59NNuSgvSrpgOA==",
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         "fetch-blob": "^3.1.4",
@@ -5332,43 +5375,6 @@
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-    "protoc": {
-      "version": "1.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/protoc/-/protoc-1.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Vy4OBxCcF0W38YrZZRFix659gFu8ujIxVDP1SUBK9ELzyeMSBe8m8tYyYlX1PI5j9gse9hWu4c4nzQaHesAf8Q==",
-      "requires": {
-        "glob": "^7.2.3",
-        "mkdirp": "^0.5.6",
-        "node-fetch": "^3.2.10",
-        "rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-        "unzipper": "^0.10.11",
-        "uuid": "^9.0.0",
-        "vinyl": "^2.2.1"
-      },
-      "dependencies": {
-        "glob": {
-          "version": "7.2.3",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/glob/-/glob-7.2.3.tgz",
-          "integrity": "sha512-nFR0zLpU2YCaRxwoCJvL6UvCH2JFyFVIvwTLsIf21AuHlMskA1hhTdk+LlYJtOlYt9v6dvszD2BGRqBL+iQK9Q==",
-          "requires": {
-            "fs.realpath": "^1.0.0",
-            "inflight": "^1.0.4",
-            "inherits": "2",
-            "minimatch": "^3.1.1",
-            "once": "^1.3.0",
-            "path-is-absolute": "^1.0.0"
-          }
-        },
-        "rimraf": {
-          "version": "3.0.2",
-          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-3.0.2.tgz",
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-          "requires": {
-            "glob": "^7.1.3"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "punycode": {
       "version": "2.1.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/punycode/-/punycode-2.1.1.tgz",
@@ -5862,9 +5868,9 @@
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     },
     "uuid": {
-      "version": "9.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-MXcSTerfPa4uqyzStbRoTgt5XIe3x5+42+q1sDuy3R5MDk66URdLMOZe5aPX/SQd+kuYAh0FdP/pO28IkQyTeg=="
+      "version": "9.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/uuid/-/uuid-9.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-b+1eJOlsR9K8HJpow9Ok3fiWOWSIcIzXodvv0rQjVoOVNpWMpxf1wZNpt4y9h10odCNrqnYp1OBzRktckBe3sA=="
     },
     "v8-compile-cache-lib": {
       "version": "3.0.1",
@@ -5886,9 +5892,9 @@
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     },
     "web-streams-polyfill": {
-      "version": "3.2.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-e0MO3wdXWKrLbL0DgGnUV7WHVuw9OUvL4hjgnPkIeEvESk74gAITi5G606JtZPp39cd8HA9VQzCIvA49LpPN5Q=="
+      "version": "3.3.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.3.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-d2JWLCivmZYTSIoge9MsgFCZrt571BikcWGYkjC1khllbTeDlGqZ2D8vD8E/lJa8WGWbb7Plm8/XJYV7IJHZZw=="
     },
     "which": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ed3ddef..c7e4884 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run test && npm run compile && npm run lint && npm run format"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "@pingghost/protoc": "^1.0.2",
     "commander": "^10.0.1",
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "execa": "^7.1.1",
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@
     "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.1",
     "nice-grpc-common": "^2.0.0",
     "protobufjs": "^7.2.3",
-    "protoc": "^1.1.3",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.1",
     "semver": "^7.5.1",
     "tmp-promise": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts b/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts
index 20df5c7..5e2f0f8 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/generate.spec.ts
@@ -126,7 +126,12 @@ describe('generate', () => {
         await dir(async (path) => {
             const out = join(path, 'src-gen');
             await generate({
-                src: join(require.resolve('protoc'), '..', 'protoc', 'include'),
+                src: join(
+                    require.resolve('@pingghost/protoc'),
+                    '..',
+                    'protoc',
+                    'include'
+                ),
                 out,
             });
             await execa('npm', ['link', 'protobufjs']);
diff --git a/src/generate.ts b/src/generate.ts
index a12bc64..8ede51b 100644
--- a/src/generate.ts
+++ b/src/generate.ts
@@ -115,8 +115,9 @@ async function generate(
         throw new Error(`Failed to create '--out' ${out}: ${err}`);
     }
 
+    // Credit: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/pull/2457/commits/f842badea8b0272f697db9c06ad31da732e62f45
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-    const protoc = require('protoc/protoc'); // TODO: add support for external protoc
+    const protoc = require('@pingghost/protoc/protoc'); // TODO: add support for external protoc
     const plugin = plugins[name];
     const args = [...createArgs([name, plugin], src, out), ...protos];
     log('executing %s with args %j', protoc, args);