diff --git a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
index e63b4315..f0d6d337 100644
--- a/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
+++ b/amazon-kinesis-client/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
   </licenses>
 
   <properties>
-    <protobuf.version>4.30.2</protobuf.version>
+    <protobuf.version>4.27.5</protobuf.version>
     <sqlite4java.version>1.0.392</sqlite4java.version>
     <sqlite4java.native>libsqlite4java</sqlite4java.native>
     <sqlite4java.libpath>${project.build.directory}/test-lib</sqlite4java.libpath>
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <version>3.1.2</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>analyze-dependencies</id>