diff --git a/neo4j.yaml b/neo4j.yaml
index 5a147dd8f49..93dbdf44934 100644
--- a/neo4j.yaml
+++ b/neo4j.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package:
   name: neo4j
   version: 5.25.1
-  epoch: 0
+  epoch: 1
   description:
   copyright:
     - license: GPL-3.0-or-later
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ pipeline:
       tag: ${{package.version}}
       expected-commit: 054967fbed84a78ebf6eae3cae059c8811871f2e
 
+  - uses: maven/pombump
+
   - runs: |
       export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 
diff --git a/neo4j/pombump-deps.yaml b/neo4j/pombump-deps.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1181fb2035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neo4j/pombump-deps.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+patches:
+    - groupId: com.google.protobuf
+      artifactId: protobuf-java
+      version: 3.25.5