diff --git a/plugin-tester-scala/pom.xml b/plugin-tester-scala/pom.xml
index 525c7fd4..359b6b03 100644
--- a/plugin-tester-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin-tester-scala/pom.xml
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
       <artifactId>pekko-http-cors_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${pekko.http.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
-        <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
-        <version>4.28.2</version>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.pekko</groupId>
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 23fe01cb..ad6f05ca 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -130,5 +130,6 @@ object Dependencies {
     Compile.grpcStub,
     Test.scalaTest,
     Test.scalaTestPlusJunit,
+    Protobuf.protobufJava,
     Protobuf.googleCommonProtos)
 }