diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index 2bb18afc..d3d75b10 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -410,6 +410,18 @@
           </execution>
         </executions>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+         <groupId>com.salesforce.servicelibs</groupId>
+         <artifactId>proto-backwards-compatibility</artifactId>
+         <version>1.0.7</version>
+         <executions>
+             <execution>
+                 <goals>
+                     <goal>backwards-compatibility-check</goal>
+                 </goals>
+             </execution>
+         </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
 
   </build>
diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/proto/proto.lock b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/proto/proto.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1104f4d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/src/main/proto/proto.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{
+  "definitions": [
+    {
+      "protopath": "messages.proto",
+      "def": {
+        "messages": [
+          {
+            "name": "Tag",
+            "fields": [
+              {
+                "id": 1,
+                "name": "key",
+                "type": "string"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": 2,
+                "name": "value",
+                "type": "string"
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "Record",
+            "fields": [
+              {
+                "id": 1,
+                "name": "partition_key_index",
+                "type": "uint64"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": 2,
+                "name": "explicit_hash_key_index",
+                "type": "uint64"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": 3,
+                "name": "data",
+                "type": "bytes"
+              },
+              {
+                "id": 4,
+                "name": "tags",
+                "type": "Tag",
+                "is_repeated": true
+              }
+            ]
+          },
+          {
+            "name": "AggregatedRecord",
+            "fields": [
+              {
+                "id": 1,
+                "name": "partition_key_table",
+                "type": "string",
+                "is_repeated": true
+              },
+              {
+                "id": 2,
+                "name": "explicit_hash_key_table",
+                "type": "string",
+                "is_repeated": true
+              },
+              {
+                "id": 3,
+                "name": "records",
+                "type": "Record",
+                "is_repeated": true
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        ],
+        "package": {
+          "name": "software.amazon.kinesis.retrieval.kpl"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
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