diff --git a/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts b/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts
index 31442c71c60a0..64ce3f974035d 100644
--- a/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts
+++ b/src/dev/license_checker/config.ts
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ export const LICENSE_OVERRIDES = {
   '@elastic/eui@90.0.1-backport.0': ['SSPL-1.0 OR Elastic License 2.0'],
   'language-subtag-registry@0.3.21': ['CC-BY-4.0'], // retired ODC‑By license https://github.com/mattcg/language-subtag-registry
   'buffers@0.1.1': ['MIT'], // license in importing module https://www.npmjs.com/package/binary
-  '@bufbuild/protobuf': ['Apache-2.0'], // license (Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)
+  '@bufbuild/protobuf@1.2.1': ['Apache-2.0'], // license (Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause)
 };