diff --git a/demo/demo-etcd/consumer/pom.xml b/demo/demo-etcd/consumer/pom.xml
index 5f79529d65c..c066d3e58b3 100644
--- a/demo/demo-etcd/consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/demo-etcd/consumer/pom.xml
@@ -34,12 +34,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-chassis-spring-boot-starter-standalone</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.25.5</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
       <artifactId>registry-etcd</artifactId>
diff --git a/demo/demo-etcd/gateway/pom.xml b/demo/demo-etcd/gateway/pom.xml
index 9bed75de856..760a4478d57 100644
--- a/demo/demo-etcd/gateway/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/demo-etcd/gateway/pom.xml
@@ -38,12 +38,6 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
       <artifactId>edge-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.25.5</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
       <artifactId>registry-etcd</artifactId>
diff --git a/demo/demo-etcd/provider/pom.xml b/demo/demo-etcd/provider/pom.xml
index cc926bda1ce..45597f0ed21 100644
--- a/demo/demo-etcd/provider/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/demo-etcd/provider/pom.xml
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-chassis-spring-boot-starter-standalone</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.25.5</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
+<!--    <dependency>-->
+<!--      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>-->
+<!--      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>-->
+<!--      <version>3.25.5</version>-->
+<!--      <scope>runtime</scope>-->
+<!--    </dependency>-->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
       <artifactId>registry-etcd</artifactId>
diff --git a/demo/demo-etcd/test-client/pom.xml b/demo/demo-etcd/test-client/pom.xml
index d14d1b1c45f..795fbf84ed1 100644
--- a/demo/demo-etcd/test-client/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/demo-etcd/test-client/pom.xml
@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@
       <groupId>io.etcd</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetcd-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-      <version>3.25.5</version>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <profiles>
diff --git a/dependencies/default/pom.xml b/dependencies/default/pom.xml
index e45e92a2260..3d618889e51 100644
--- a/dependencies/default/pom.xml
+++ b/dependencies/default/pom.xml
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@
     <netty.version>4.1.113.Final</netty.version>
     <okhttp3.version>4.12.0</okhttp3.version>
     <prometheus.version>0.16.0</prometheus.version>
-    <protobuf.version>3.23.4</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.27.5</protobuf.version>
     <protostuff.version>1.8.0</protostuff.version>
-    <protostuff-parser.version>2.2.27</protostuff-parser.version>
+    <protostuff-parser.version>3.1.40</protostuff-parser.version>
     <reactive-streams.version>1.0.4</reactive-streams.version>
     <resilience4j.versioin>1.7.0</resilience4j.versioin>
     <ribbon.version>2.7.18</ribbon.version>
@@ -190,7 +190,12 @@
         <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
         <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
         <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+        <artifactId>protobuf-java-util</artifactId>
+        <version>${protobuf.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/dynamic-config/config-etcd/pom.xml b/dynamic-config/config-etcd/pom.xml
index a1c35d9872f..5a9a0e11cff 100644
--- a/dynamic-config/config-etcd/pom.xml
+++ b/dynamic-config/config-etcd/pom.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.etcd</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetcd-core</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f30bbabd117..555de41732f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     <maven-remote-resources-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-remote-resources-plugin.version>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.7.1</os-maven-plugin.version>
     <protobuf-maven-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-maven-plugin.version>
-    <protoc3-maven-plugin.version>3.19.2</protoc3-maven-plugin.version>
+    <protoc3-maven-plugin.version>4.27.5</protoc3-maven-plugin.version>
     <protoc-gen-grpc-java-plugin.version>1.47.0</protoc-gen-grpc-java-plugin.version>
     <puppycrawl-checkstyle.version>10.20.0</puppycrawl-checkstyle.version>
     <release-maven-plugin.version>3.1.1</release-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/service-registry/registry-etcd/pom.xml b/service-registry/registry-etcd/pom.xml
index cf48811d342..511d13c3820 100644
--- a/service-registry/registry-etcd/pom.xml
+++ b/service-registry/registry-etcd/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.etcd</groupId>
       <artifactId>jetcd-core</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+          <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
@@ -47,6 +53,10 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.servicecomb</groupId>
       <artifactId>java-chassis-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>