diff --git a/hudi-kafka-connect/pom.xml b/hudi-kafka-connect/pom.xml
index b12468579..8845bfb80 100644
--- a/hudi-kafka-connect/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-kafka-connect/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>com.github.os72</groupId>
                 <artifactId>protoc-jar-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0.1</version>
+                <version>3.11.4</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>generate-sources</phase>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f2152dfa..8ebf7a9ef 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
     <antlr.version>4.7</antlr.version>
     <aws.sdk.version>1.12.22</aws.sdk.version>
     <proto.version>3.17.3</proto.version>
-    <protoc.version>3.1.0</protoc.version>
+    <protoc.version>3.11.4</protoc.version>
     <dynamodb.lockclient.version>1.1.0</dynamodb.lockclient.version>
     <dynamodb-local.port>8000</dynamodb-local.port>
     <dynamodb-local.endpoint>http://localhost:${dynamodb-local.port}</dynamodb-local.endpoint>